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Logistik Schmitt expands electric fleet with Mercedes-Benz eActros 600
17 Jul 2025
Logistics provider Logistik Schmitt, based in Bietigheim, Germany, is among the pioneers of electric mobility in the transport sector. With electri…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Construction Power for Every Terrain
16 Jul 2025
With its modern construction vehicles, Mercedes-Benz Trucks demonstrates its technical expertise and innovative strength for demanding applications…
Electrified plant logistics in Wörth: 14 eActros 600 launching on long-haul routes
16 Jul 2025
Daimler Truck continues to drive forward the transformation of the transport sector towards locally CO₂-free driving with consistent commitment. …
Simon Loos is accelerating its push into electric mobility: First Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 units delivered
11 Jul 2025
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has delivered the first eActros 600 units in the Netherlands to logistics provider Simon Loos. Two battery-electric tractor un…
Daimler Truck Global Parts Center: Central logistics hub in Halberstadt officially opened
10 Jul 2025
The phased ramp-up is proceeding according to plan, the first spare parts have already been stored – the new Daimler Truck location, the Global P…
Five Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 in operation, the next five to follow: Nanno Janssen haulage company will only rely on electric trucks in the future
09 Jul 2025
Completely or not at all: Nanno Janssen Spedition GmbH from Leer in Lower Saxony is fully committed to electromobility. The controllers there exclu…
A Setra for exclusive deployments
09 Jul 2025
vip-shuttle.com GmbH is crowning its 25th anniversary with a comfortable Setra coach for very special events. The 13.9 m long S 517 HD is equipped…
Daimler Truck Capital Market Day 2025 | “Stronger 2030” - Evolution of Group Strategy and upgraded Financial Targets 2030
08 Jul 2025
Daimler Truck Holding AG (Daimler Truck) hosts its Capital Market Day 2025 at the Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, North Carolina, USA, pres…
Daimler Truck unit sales in Q2: 106,715 units
07 Jul 2025
Daimler Truck Group sold 106,715 trucks and buses (Q2 2024: 112,195) in the second quarter of 2025. The Trucks North America segment accounted for …
Marcus Poppe to head Investor Relations and Treasury at Daimler Truck
04 Jul 2025
Daimler Truck appoints a key Finance position and will consolidate the Investor Relations and Treasury functions. Marcus Poppe will assume the role…
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
