Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) recently celebrated the foundation stone laying ceremony of its new bus plant at the DICV?s manufacturing facility located in Oragadam, near Chennai. Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, Daimler AG Board Member, responsible for Daimler Trucks and Buses, laid the foundation stone for the new bus plant in the presence of Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses and CEO EvoBus GmbH, Marc Llistosella, Managing Director and CEO, DICV, and Markus Villinger, Head, Daimler Buses, India, among others.

Dr Bernhard said, ?On the basis of our strong truck business, we are now pressing ahead on the Indian bus market. For that purpose, we are consistently using existing suppliers, our production site and our sales network in India.? The new plant spread across an area of 27.91 acre will be constructed within the existing premises of DICV.