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Daimler Trucks had a good year in 2017 in both sales and technology
Daimler Trucks increased its worldwide deliveries in the first 11 months of 2017 by 12% year on year to 422,500 units, despite the continuation of disparate market conditions. "For full year 2017, we at Daimler Trucks anticipate unit sales in the magnitude of 465,000 trucks — significantly more than in the previous year and significantly more than we expected at the beginning of the year. This is only possible with leading products and an excellent international team — especially with an ongoing situation of weak tailwinds from our markets. I thank all our employees for their outstanding efforts," said Martin Daum, member of the board of management of Daimler, responsible for trucks and buses. "In everything that we do, our focus is on our customers. To offer them the best products and solutions, we work continuously on innovations. We used the year 2017 to work hard on efficient, electric, automated and connected trucks. In the same way, we will be sustainably successful in 2018 — ...
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