KAMAZ-master Celebrates Victory in Germany

The KAMAZ-master team visited the headquarters of Daimler AG in Untertürkheim and Mercedes-Benz plant for truck production in Wörth. The sports vehicle KAMAZ was demonstrated in Stuttgart within the bounds of the visit.

The leading Russian truck producer OJSC KAMAZ is known in Germany not only due to numerous victories of the KAMAZ-master team at Dakar rallies. Since 2008 KAMAZ has been the strategic partner of Daimler Trucks. So, this year the KAMAZ-master team for the first time decided to celebrate its 9th Dakar victory in Germany.

The members of the team were welcomed at both plants of Daimler. Yaris Pürsün, Director of the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant, Head of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks, and Carsten Bothmann, Head of Regional strategy Daimler AG received the guests at the plant in Wörth.

This visit was conditioned by broadening of cooperation between the leader of the Russian automobile industry OJSC KAMAZ and one of the leading world truck producers Daimler. Daimler Trucks and OJSC KAMAZ are currently working on development of two joint ventures for truck production: Fuso KAMAZ Trucks Rus and Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok.

Thursday, 11 March 2010