Press Conference Daimler Truck, Toyota, Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino | June 10, 2025
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Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”), Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (“Mitsubishi Fuso”), Hino Motors Ltd. (“Hino”) and Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) today concluded Definitive Agreements for the integration of Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino. Here is as a recording of the Press Conference in Tokyo/Japan with Karin Rådström, CEO Daimler Truck, Koji Sato, CEO Toyota, Karl Deppen, CEO Mitsubishi Fuso and Satoshi Ogiso, CEO Hino.
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Jörg Howe
Special Representative Communications & External Affairs
E-mail: joerg.howe@daimlertruck.com
Thomas Hoevermann
Head of Corporate Communications Daimler Truck Group
E-mail: thomas.hoevermann@daimlertruck.com
Karin Rådström
President & CEO of Daimler Truck Holding AGKarin Rådström was born on February 22, 1979 in Södertälje, Sweden. After graduating with a Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, she started as a trainee at Scania in 2004.
Since 2007, Karin Rådström held several managing positions at Scania. She started as Group Manager of Product Information within sales and marketing. She then worked in fleet management as Product Planner and Product & Area Manager for five years. In 2012, Karin Rådström was appointed as Director of Fleet & Driver Services with global responsibility for the service portfolio of connected vehicles and driver services. In 2014, she became Director for Pre-Sales & Marketing Communications for Scania East Africa in Kenya, based in Nairobi.
In 2016, she was appointed as the Senior Vice President and Head of Buses & Coaches Scania. From 2019 until 2020, Karin Rådström was responsible for Sales and Marketing at Scania as a member of the Executive Board.
Previous positions:
- President & CEO, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since 2024
- President & CEO, Daimler Truck AG, since 2024
- Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, Daimler Truck Holding AG, 2021 until 2024
- Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, Daimler Truck AG, 2021 until 2024

Karl Deppen
Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, responsible for FUSO and RIZONKarl Deppen was born on April 1, 1966 in Osnabrueck, Germany. On top of an academic background in economics and business administration, he holds a dual MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, and the University of Minnesota, USA. In 1990, he joined the then Daimler-Benz AG.
Previous positions:
- Member of the Board of Management, FUSO and RIZON, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since January 2025
- Member of the Board of Management, FUSO and RIZON, Daimler Truck AG, since January 2025
- Member of the Board of Management, Truck China and regions Japan and India with brands FUSO and BharatBenz, Daimler Truck Holding AG, December 2021
- Member of the Board of Management, Truck China and regions Japan and India with brands FUSO and BharatBenz, Daimler Truck AG, December 2021
- Chief Executive Officer, Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda., Daimler AG, Brazil, June 2020
- Vice President, Cost Control, Finance & Controlling, Mercedes-Benz AG, June 2017
- Vice President, Finance & Controlling, Daimler Greater China Ltd., China, September 2014
- Vice President, HR Development, Daimler AG, July 2011
- Director, Life-Cycle Management Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler AG, 2007
- Director, Procurement and Supply, Global Operations and Processes, Chrysler International Services, S.A., USA, 2006
- Director, Procurement and Supply, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Japan, 2003
- Director, Procurement Commercial Vehicles, Chassis and Van, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2001
- Senior Manager, Head of Procurement and Supply, Mercedes-Benz Türk A.S., Turkey, 1997