Prof. Thomas Weber expressed his sincere thanks to Dr. Cattarius for his committment and achievements within the last three years, where MBRDI anchored itself within Daimler’s global R&D network and steadily grew to become the largest facility outside Germany.
Manu Saale, joined Daimler in 2011 and worked at MBRDI as Head of department for Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Since July 2013, he has received extensive insights and training within various R&D departments in Stuttgart to get prepared for his new assignment.
Prof. Thomas Weber pointed out: “With Manu Saale, being multilingual and Indian-born, we appointed an international expert and global player at the head of MBRDI. We are confident that the transferring of important specific know-how and expertise within Daimler R&D will further solidify MBRDI’s position as a strong player of
Daimler’s global RD-network. We are committed to India and underline our confidence to this important growth market for Daimler. I am wishing both Dr. Jens Cattarius and Manu Saale all the best for their new assignments and thank both for their strong contributions and commitment to our company.”
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Private Limited
MBRDI was established in Bangalore in 1996 and currently employes around 1,400 people. MBRDI is the the largest Daimler Research and Development Center of Daimler outside Germany and at the same time the largest, most modern R&D center owned by a German automotive manufacturer in India. It contributes in the areas of Computer Simulation (CAE), Design (CAD), Electric/Electronics and IT-Services.
Research and Development engineers at MBRDI assess the performance and reliability of various sub-systems and contribute to product development at all the stages of the life-cycle.
MBRDI is one of the four operations of Daimler in India, besides Mercedes-Benz India Ltd. (MBIL) in Pune, responsible for production and sales and marketing of passenger cars, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, which operates under the brand Bharat Benz in Chennai, covering all activities for commercial vehicles and Daimler Financial Services, which operates under the brand Mercedes-Benz Financial Services for passenger cars and Bharat Benz Financial Services for commercial vehicles.
Last December, Daimler announced the opening of it’s “SAP Shared Service Center” in Bangalore and the creation of 800 new IT-jobs by 2015, in addition to the already existing 400 IT-specialists.
