Mercedes Benz

At the ceremony, Harald Landmann, head of Daimler Buses, presented the 50,000th bus, a Mercedes-Benz Travego, to Sakarya VIB, one of the largest bus operators in Turkey. The 100,000th truck, a Mercedes-Benz Axor, was presented to Marti Container Services, one of Turkey’s leading logistics companies, with headquarters in Istanbul and Izmir.

Mercedes-Benz Türk’s production locations in Hosdere and Aksaray are key components of Daimler AG’s development and production network. The vehicles manufactured at these sites are exported to more than 70 countries, including many in Western Europe. The company currently exports 40 percent of the trucks it produces and even 78 percent of the buses. In his speech at the ceremony, Landmann said: “These production milestones show that the decision to invest in Turkey at such an early date was right. The country offers reliable political and economic conditions and ensures very high quality standards.With its locations in Aksaray and Hosdere, Mercedes-Benz Türk therefore serves as an important component of our company’s production network, which allows us to manufacture flexibly and competitively over the long-term.”

Since its founding, Mercedes-Benz Türk has also made a major contribution to Turkey’s economic development. The company is now not only Turkey’s number one exporter of commercial vehicles, but also one of the largest capital investors in the country. To ensure that it can continue to meet customer demands, the company is focusing its efforts on increasing the efficiency of its production processes and on enhancing the quality and sophistication of its products.