BeiBen Truck (Baotou BeiBen Heavy-Duty Truck Co) is a heavy-truck manufacturer based in
Baotou
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Inner Mongolia
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China
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. BeiBen, (''North Benz''), is part of the ''North industries Group Corporation'' (
NORINCO
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, doing business internationally as Norinco Group (North Industries Corporation), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (), is a Chinese state-owned defense ...
). It was founded in 1988 when BeiBen signed an agreement with
Daimler-Benz
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to manufacture
Mercedes-Benz
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Trucks. Mercedes was to deliver CKD kits for assembly by BeiBen, and within a few years, the trucks would contain 90% domestic parts. By 2010, BeiBen was building 40,000 trucks a year.
BeiBen Axle factory produces Mercedes-Benz licensed axles for the heavy duty trucks. Axle models include the planetary hub-reduction axles HL-7/HD-7, and the steering axles VL-4. These axles are well reputed throughout China, Malaysia, Indonesia, South America, South Africa for its robustness and high loading capacity and durability. These axles are in turn used by other truck manufacturers in China as well.
In 2012, BeiBen set up production lines in
South Africa
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and
Ethiopia
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. In
Pakistan
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Heavy Industries Taxila
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