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9 unusual facts about Daimler AG


Economy of Spain

Apart from its domestic brand SEAT, which is the major contributor to the automotive sector of the country, and Santana Motor, many suppliers and foreign car and truck makers – like Volkswagen, Nissan, Daimler Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Renault, GM/Opel, PSA Peugeot/Citroën, Iveco,... etc.

Fleet Management System

The six European manufacturers Daimler AG, MAN AG, Scania, Volvo (incl. Renault), DAF Trucks and IVECO have developed the so called FMS-Standard in 2002 to make manufacturer independent applications for telematics possible.

Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation

The foundation administers the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (German: Hanns Martin Schleyer-Preis), an award established by automobile manufacturer Daimler AG in 1982 in honor of Hanns-Martin Schleyer, a former business executive of the BDA and BDI.

High-Tech Gründerfonds

Investors include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the KfW Banking Group, and twelve industrial groups of ALTANA, BASF, B. Braun, Robert Bosch, CEWE Color, Daimler, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom, Qiagen, RWE Innogy, Tengelmann and Carl Zeiss.

HWA Team

Towards the end of 1998 Aufrecht sold a majority interest in AMG to DaimlerChrysler AG.

Mercedes-Benz W112

In the late 1950s, Daimler began to initiate a new policy economy of scale, and unified the entire range of models on one platform for its next generation of cars.

MG Cars

In 2006, it was reported that an initiative called Project Kimber, led by David James, had entered talks with Nanjing to buy the MG brand in order to produce a range of sports cars based on the discontinued Smart Roadster design by DaimlerChrysler.

Motor Coach Industries

On April 25, 2012, MCI announced a minority stake with Daimler AG to produce Setra buses for the North American market as Daimler reconfigured its bus operations in North America and exited the commercial bus market there.

Smart Forfour

The Smart Forfour is a supermini car produced by the Smart division of the German manufactuer Daimler AG, between April 2004 and June 2006 and available only in Europe.


Arab American Vehicles

The company manufactures various vehicles under license from Daimler AG, Kia, Chrysler LLC, Toyota and Peugeot, having begun as a joint venture between the Arab Organization for Industrialization (51%) and 49% of the Chrysler Group LLC.

Chennai Port

Dubbed the Detroit of Asia, Chennai is base to several international car makers, namely, Ford Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA, Daimler AG and BMW AG.

Daimler-Benz

When the Chrysler Group was subsequently sold off to Cerberus Capital Management and renamed Chrysler LLC in August 2007, the name of the parent company was changed to simply Daimler AG within two months.

Dieter Zetsche

Dieter Zetsche (born on May 5, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German businessman and the Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006 as well as member of the company's Board of Management since 1998.

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

He has held other board and director memberships to a number of corporations including AMR Corporation, Daimler AG, Federated Department Stores and Rohm and Haas, as while as board member of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium in New York City.

European Network Exchange

The 15 members of the association, which are all also represented on the so-called ENX board, are Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Daimler, DGA, Ford, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Volkswagen as well as the automotive associations ANFAC (Spain), GALIA (France), SMMT (UK), OSD (Turkey) and VDA (Germany).

Hornavanskolan

The school cooperates with various car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler, Knorr-Bremse, Volkswagen AG (Audi), Bosch, GM, Aston Martin, Lotus Cars, Caterham Cars and MIRA Ltd and can offer students of the BilTeknikSystem (car technology system) program temporary internships at national and international automotive companies.

Klaus Heine

He gained international marketing experience at global companies in Europe and Asia and cooperated with leading German luxury brands such as Glashütte Original, Meissen, Mercedes Benz/Daimler, Poggenpohl and Robbe & Berking.

Mercedes-Benz Citan

The Citan, known internally as the W415, is a result of the partnership between Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance and is assembled by Renault subsidiary MCA in the northern French town of Maubeuge, alongside its sister vehicle the Renault Kangoo.

Otto Scharmer

He has worked with governments in Africa, Asia, and Europe and has delivered award-winning leadership and innovation programs for companies, including Daimler, Eileen Fisher, PriceWaterhouse, Fujitsu, Google, and Natura.

Pentosin

Pentosin products are supplied directly to many different automotive companies, including all marques of the Volkswagen Group, BMW, Daimler AG marques, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Europe and Porsche.

Safety Network International e.V.

Safety Network International e.V. was established by eight founding companies: ASK Systems GmbH, Dürr AG, Daimler AG, EMG Automation GmbH , Festo AG & Co.KG. , SICK AG , Pilz GmbH & Co.KG. and Volkswagen AG.

University of Ulm

Research centers of companies like Daimler, BMW, Siemens and in the past also Nokia, AEG, have been established at the site, in addition to institutes of the university focusing on applied research.


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Dieter Zetsche

Since January 1, 2006, he succeeded Jürgen Schrempp as Chairman of DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG), being succeeded in the position of Chrysler Group CEO by Thomas W. LaSorda.

Mercedes-Benz OM642

The engine is manufactured at the Daimler AG plant in Marienfelde, Berlin, Germany.