A milestone has been achieved in the long-standing collaboration between Mercedes‑Benz and RETHMANN Group: the 15,000th vehicle was handed over to the group of companies, which also includes Rhenus, SARIA and Transdev alongside REMONDIS, at the Mercedes‑Benz Trucks Customer Centre in Wörth, Germany. The robust and powerful Arocs 3243 L will now strengthen the REMONDIS fleet and play an important role in waste disposal along Germany’s transport arteries.
The 15,000th vehicle underlines the decades-long partnership: RETHMANN Group has always worked closely with the Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle Centre in Dortmund and its centre manager Heinz Uliczka in particular, and will continue to do so in the future.
Celebratory key handover in Wörth
The key handover ceremony took place in the presence of Dr Andreas Bachhofer, Head of the Wörth site and Mercedes-Benz Trucks Production, and attended by Bernhard Heiker, CFO of REMONDIS SE & Co. KG, and other representatives from Daimler Truck AG, the customer REMONDIS, and the responsible contractual partners. Norbert Rethmann, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the RETHMANN Group and a pioneer of the circular economy, did not miss the opportunity to attend the handover ceremony himself.
The good cooperation began back in 1959 with the first Mercedes-Benz waste collection vehicle for RETHMANN and has since been characterised by consistency and trust.
The new vehicle was unveiled and the keys handed over in a festive ceremony
Across generations
Norbert Rethmann on the handover: “Mercedes-Benz Trucks and our company have a solid, long-standing partnership. And I am certain that we will continue this partnership into my children’s generation.” The group of companies is one of the largest customers of Mercedes‑Benz Trucks and focuses on the further development of its vehicle fleet, constantly laying important foundations for the future. Since 2020/2021, Rethmann SE & Co. KG has also been deploying its first electric Mercedes‑Benz trucks, which constitutes the first step in the company’s systematic focus on electrification and sustainable mobility. In addition to traditional diesel trucks, the company is increasingly focusing on alternative drive types and now has both the Mercedes-Benz eEconic and the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 in its fleet. Read more about the customer testing of the eActros 600 in this article.
“Mercedes-Benz Trucks and our company have a solid, long-standing partnership. And I am certain that we will continue this partnership into my children’s generation.”
Norbert Rethmann, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the RETHMANN Group
Maximum efficiency for sustainable waste disposal
The Mercedes‑Benz Arocs 3243 L will be used by REMONDIS. The 32-tonne truck is equipped with an OM 470 engine, with a displacement of 10.7 litres and 315 kW (430 hp). The vehicle is distinguished by its high robustness and versatility and is specially designed for heavy-duty construction site and transport operations. With powerful engines and a stable chassis design, the Arocs offers great handling characteristics, even under extreme conditions. The powerful truck with a ClassicSpace cab is used in various regions of southern and eastern Germany as a waste collection vehicle for domestic refuse.
We would like to thank all the other companies involved for their excellent co-operation on this vehicle and look forward to seeing how our company fleet will continue to grow in the future…
Celebratory handover in the presence of Norbert Rethmann, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the RETHMANN Group (5th from right), Bernhard Heiker, CFO REMONDIS SE & Co. KG (6th from left), and Dr Andreas Bachhofer, Head of the Wörth site and Mercedes-Benz Trucks Production (3rd from left)
Image credits: © Daimler Truck AG
