On 25 October 2011, Ulrich Bastert, head of sales at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, handed over the company's first Euro VI compliant Actros truck to Alexandre Michel, owner and CEO of the Transalliance Group.
Transalliance is a Europe-wide logistics group, headquartered in France. The company operates around 3,500 vehicles and the new Euro VI Actros formed part of an order of over 500 Mercedes-Benz trucks. Transalliance will be taking delivery over the coming months.
"There is a good, long-standing partnership between our company and Transalliance. We are delighted that our customer Transalliance is introducing the first Euro VI truck into its fleet, thereby highlighting the company's future-oriented approach," said Bastert at the handover.
The new Actros has been designed specifically to meet Euro VI standards, and in comparison to established models shows a 3-4% reduction in fuel consumption as well as emitting barely-detectable levels of pollutants.
