Ready For Long Haulage!

Joerg Mommertz, Chairman & Managing Director, MAN Trucks India Pvt. Ltd. says the Company will continue to develop its products to meet the market demands.

- Niranjan Mudholkar

It’s been about eight months (from October 2016) since Joerg Mommertz took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of MAN Trucks India Pvt. Ltd. And Joerg surely is enjoying it as he terms it ‘quite exciting and interesting’. “This country’s tagline ‘Incredible India’ says it all. It’s a very interesting and promising market and I am personally feeling very good to be here,” he says with a very warm smile.

Truck business in India

With more than three decades of diversified management experience, Joerg has worked in different markets like Belgium, Scandinavia, Poland, Denmark and Russia. So how would he compare the Indian market to the regions he has worked in before? The answer comes quicker than I thought. “Truck business is truck business anywhere in the world.” Then he adds: “Okay, there is about 25–30 percent difference in each market but the principles of the business are similar. Market circumstances are different. Product specifications and requirements are different. But the way of doing business is quite similar. Of course, you have to get adjusted to that important 25–30 percent differentiating factor in each market.”