Daimler Truck Southern Africa assembles 800 000th unit
Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA) this month celebrated the assembly and handover of the 800 000th completely knocked-down (CKD) unit from its source plant in Woerth, Germany, at its East London operations.
The truck was a Mercedes-Benz Actros 2645LS/33, and the buyer Sesfigile Logistics and Safety One Logistics, both owned and operated by Nelen Gounder.
“Being able to produce our products from CKD kits instead of importing fully built units has a major cost advantage for our customers, and allows DTSA to remain competitive within the market,” says DTSA sales and marketing VP Olaf Petersen.
The DTSA assembly plant in East London has a history spanning more than 60 years.
The very first Mercedes-Benz Truck, the L-type, rolled off the assembly line in 1962.
Employing about 300 people, the plant is currently one of the biggest CKD-plants for Daimler Truck outside of Europe.
“Our plant operates in a very complex production environment, as products from four different source plants are assembled on a single production line,” says DTSA manufacturing VP Gladstone Mtyoko.
“The assembly of the 800 000th CKD unit is a massive milestone for the Woerth plant, as well as our local assembly plant.”
The Woerth operation, as the largest truck assembly plant in the Mercedes-Benz Trucks group, was founded in 1963.
The Actros, Arocs and Atego model series are built at the facility, as well as the Econic, Unimog and Zetros.
In 2021, series production of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300/400 for distribution haulage also started in the plant.
In 2022, the second Mercedes-Benz eEconic electric series-production truck for municipal use followed.
In October, 2023, the eActros 600 for long-distance haulage was presented to the global public and will go into series production in Woerth at the end of this year.
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