inaugurated its logistics center where it is already building its new industrial center

Brand Studio para Mercedes Benz

These are days of pride for Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses from Argentina: while celebrating its third anniversary as an independent company within the Daimler Truck Group, in parallel the company inaugurated a new Auto Parts and Spare Parts Logistics Centeranother big step within your investment plan for US$110 million which reinforces its commitment to innovation, sustainability and the development of the local automotive industry.

This is the fundamental advance of the company, in its new configuration, specialized in trucks and buses as a Daimler Truck Group company, because the launch of the logistics node will be followed by the installation of its truck production plant on that property. Accelo and Atego and the OH and OF bus chassis, as well as the Reman plant, in order to have the entire operation unified in the same space and offer better solutions to the client thanks to a 360° strategy.

As of December 1, 2021, The Daimler Truck AG group operates in Argentina as Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses. It was part of the separation of the companies worldwide, which have since constituted two legally independent entities, in a reorganization of the structure that involved some 800 subsidiaries in more than 60 countries.

Con 10,300 operational square metersthe brand new facilities located in the kilometer 90 of National Route 9 allow storing 450,000 pieces, and will be a fundamental axis to improve the efficiency and speed in the distribution of auto parts and spare parts towards the 45 dealerships and service points in its network in the countryconsolidating the brand in its leadership position in the market.

“From now on we ensure that in less than 48 hours a piece can reach any corner of our territory,” he highlighted. the CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses Argentina, Raúl Barcesat. “Which is strategic: we focus on our clients, who cannot stop or must do so in the shortest possible time,” he said.

It is, then, a quality leap in your business plan: not only do you improve delivery times from this differential proposal for “urgent parts”, but you also streamlines stock replenishment for dealers and service pointsseeking to guarantee a 360° experience around your clientscovering the entire life cycle of a truck or a bus and always in line with the values ​​of quality and excellence that characterize the brand.

In addition to maximizing performance for the business, the new space also was designed to optimize its energy efficiency and its impact on the environment: built under international standards and Daimler Truck policies, it prioritizes sustainability and the principles of the circular economy based on a design that includes the use of lithium batteries to operate logistics equipment, a digitalization process that reduces paper consumption and a reusable packaging system.

“This new Logistics Center is a milestone in our trajectory and reflects our commitment to sustainability and efficiency. The investment optimizes the distribution of our products and reduces the environmental impact, reaffirming our vision of a future where mobility and sustainability benefit all our customers. “Together, we continue to support those who move the world,” he added. Fernando Rivero, director of Development of the Sales and After-sales Commercial Network.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses is also committed to the electrification of its fleet in Argentina: During the event, the company highlighted the introduction of an electric bus chassis in the country, a significant advance in its local electric mobility strategy.

In July The eO500U chassis was presented in the countrythe first 100% electric to arrive in the region, developed comprehensively by the Brazilian engineering team and subjected to rigorous tests in Germany. “We are bodying it and we are going to market it next year,” added Barcesat.

But the company also focuses on the project that focuses on the challenge of opening up to new markets. “It is quite a challenge to start exporting and Oil all processes to reach the client in a timely mannerand that he will then choose us again,” said the CEO, excited about everything that is coming.

The inauguration of the Logistics Center is tangible proof of the company’s vision for the futurebut it is not the only one: far from stopping with that, the other bet of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses is the progress in the construction on the same property of an industrial center that, they hope, will be operational in the first quarter of 2026.

“By then we will have the factory here integrated with the logistics center, with the beach for the units, with the domiciliary customs… And obviously it will be equipped with all the facilities of social buildings, dining room, changing rooms for our employees. It will give us the opportunity to define that Zárate will be the home of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses,” Barcesat added.

The initiative will allow transfer the production of the Accelo and Atego trucks, as well as the OH and OF bus chassis, there. currently manufactured in lto the Virrey del Pino plantin the La Matanza district. And the same will happen with the REMAN line dedicated to the remanufacturing of parts, marking a before and after in the history of the company in these lands.

Being able to materialize all these changes is an achievement that is highly valued indoors, because it reflects a commitment that Barcesat underlined with undisguised joy. “We are proud because these last three years have been very demanding“First, we tried to convince that we must continue betting on Argentina, and at the same time, to overcome the difficult circumstances that the country is going through,” said the executive.

And, ultimately, the perspective from their perspective is that the leadership of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses in Argentina can only be strengthened after overcoming adversities and betting on local innovation, especially from this perspective that consolidates it as a reference in efficient and sustainable mobility, and as an increasingly stronger ally of the main industries that drive the national economy.

“Invest, take care of market participation, after-sales service, continue producing in Viceroy of the Pine and in the meantime, prepare this move… Embracing all of that required a lot of coordination and teamwork, but with the attitude and passion that we put into it, today we can celebrate that we are more than fulfilling it,” concluded Raúl Barcesat.