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ANDREAS VON WALLFELD IS CLEARLY A MAJOR PLAYER IN DAIMLER’S GLOBAL TRUCK OPERATIONS AND RECENTLY JETTED DOWN UNDER TO AUSTRALIA TO VISIT ONE OF THE DAIMLER TRUCK EMPIRE’S MOST FAR FLUNG, BUT IMPORTANT OUTPOSTS AND T&TA HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN FOR A CHAT WITH THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE COMPANY’S EXPORT MARKETS TO GET A HANDLE ON WHERE WHERE THING ARE HEADED AT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST TRUCK MAKER.
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ndreas Von Wallfeld is a Daimler lifer. He started at the venerable and storied corporation straight out of university in 1998, where he had successfully studied for an MBA. Almost a quarter century later, in January last year, Von Wallfeld was appointed head of Daimler Truck and Bus, Overseas, meaning he is in charge of everything to do with Daimler Truck outside Europe. It is a fairly big brief, given he now oversees 120 markets across the three Daimler brands, with combined sales of 70,000 trucks a year, into total markets of around three billion people, generating revenue of between three and four billion euros each year. Andreas Von Wallfeld is a straight shooting, no-nonsense bloke and like many successful international business executives he is somehow able to present an air of sharpness and freshness, even after a whirlwind trip across several Australian cities, visits to major customers and dealerships and many flights, not the least being a long one from Germany just a few days before. When he arrives at Goldstar Transport in Perth, Von Wallfeld looks like he just
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