Mercedes-Benz Thailand is helping the Thai government combat the effects of the flood by providing two all-terrain Unimog all-wheel-drive vehicles. Now that the floodwaters are receding, crews have begun to clean up Bangkok — a task that might take weeks or even months to complete. This is a task for which Mercedes-Benz-Unimogs are ideally suited. They will help to transport debris from areas that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Mercedes-Benz Thailand will officially hand the vehicles over to the Thai Red Cross Society on December 23. The ceremony will be attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand. She is also known as the Princess of Technology, due to her interest in and knowledge of new technologies and how they can benefit her country.
Vehicles are able to ford depths of up to 1,200 mm
Mercedes-Benz Thailand selected two Unimogs for the cleanup task because the vehicle has special characteristics, in particular the ability to ford unusually deep waters of up to 1,200 mm. Says Gerald Buechler, the manager in charge of the project at Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks, “As a result of a concerted action by all of the relevant units at Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks, it took us only ten working days to complete all of the preparations for transporting the two UNIMOG U4000 trucks by air.” In cooperation with DHL and Thai Cargo, the two vehicles were loaded onto planes in Frankfurt on December 1.
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Daimler’s subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk is donating one million Turkish lira (almost €410,000) to assist the country’s largest national aid organization, the Turkish Red Crescent. The donation will be used to help the victims of a severe earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) that occurred in eastern Turkey in October. Particularly the Van province was hit hard, suffering several aftershocks in November. The donation will be used to set up 120 emergency housing containers in the province.
“We would like to express our sympathy to the earthquake victims and their families,” says Wolf-Dieter Kurz, President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Türk. “We hope this donation will help the people in the disaster area and alleviate their suffering to some extent. The start of winter has made the situation even more difficult, which is why the provision of emergency housing in weatherproof containers is so important for people who lost their homes.”
Mercedes-Benz Türk
Mercedes-Benz Türk was established in Istanbul in 1967. It began producing buses for the Turkish market in 1968. The Aksaray plant launched truck production in 1986. The facilities in Aksaray and Hoşdere are key elements of Daimler’s global production network.
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