Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd., part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group and one of India’s leading MEP companies has been awarded the SITC of complete electrical services contract for Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (DICV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG Germany. The new state-of-the-art commercial trucks production plant of Daimler is based out of Oragadam, Sriperumpudur, Tamil Nadu. Spread across a built-up area of 176,000 sq. mts, the manufacturing plant houses a full-fledged test track, R&D centre, an integrated training facility, an in-house supplier park, along with other support infrastructure. The complete electrical solutions for all of which will be provided by Sterling and Wilson.
Sterling and Wilson’s scope of work under this contract will include Supply, Installation, Testing, and Commissioning of the entire electrical solutions needed by Daimler. The project is expected to be completed by Sterling and Wilson and handed over to Daimler by mid 2016.
Speaking on the prestigious Electrical contract to be executed for Daimler India Commercial Vehicles manufacturing unit, Mr. Prassana Sarambale, Group Vice President, Business Development, Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd. said, “Daimler is the most valued and sought after commercial truck manufacturer in the world. To be associated with such a quality conscious and technologically advanced brand gives us immense pleasure. Having already successfully completed challenging Electrical projects in the past like Terminal 3- Indira Gandhi International Airport, and the Buddh International Circuit to name a few, we are confident that our vast technical knowledge and depth in resources will ensure that we will drive value and deliver Daimler with advanced solutions for their production facility.”
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is a 100% subsidiary of Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany. DICV is a fully fledged commercial vehicle player in the Indian market. It currently produces and sells above 9 to 49 tonne trucks for the Indian volume market, under the brand name – BharatBenz. BharatBenz stands for Indian engineering with German DNA. Under its bus division, the company will produce and sell BharatBenz buses and Mercedes-Benz buses from its manufacturing plant at Orgadam. Bharat-Benz products have been engineered to serve all major customer segments with a focus on total-cost-of ownership, safety, reliability and comfort.
Under the umbrella of Daimler Trucks Asia, DICV and MFTBC (Mitsubishi Trucks and Bus corporation) are optimizing research activities, product development and sourcing. The DICV built FUSO trucks from Oragadam are exported to markets in South East Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The state-of-the-art production plant at Oragadam, near Chennai, spreads over 400 acres (160 hectares). It includes a modern test track designed to simulate Indian conditions – making it one of its kind in Asia. DICV has made an initial investment of 4,400cr and additional 425cr for the bus plant facility (approximately €750 million). Sustainability being a core of Daimler’s corporate culture, DICV will focus on creating efficient, reliable and ecologically friendly products.
