Manila, Philippines – Sojitz Fuso Philippines Corporation (SFP) recognized the outstanding performance of its dealer partners at the recent 2024 National Dealer Conference, held in Okada Manila, Paranaque City, on November 15, 2024. The conference brought together its network of dealers for a day of celebration, collaboration, and recognition. The annual event was a testament to FUSO’s unwavering commitment to stronger partnerships and growth in the commercial vehicle industry.
With this year’s theme, “Moving Forward”, the conference served as a platform for SFP to showcase its accomplishments, share strategic directions, and express gratitude to its dealer network who have contributed to FUSO’s milestones.
FUSO Philippines continues to demonstrate its strength in the truck and bus industry, achieving an impressive 30.7% sales growth covering January 2024 to October 2024 compared to the same period last year. This milestone reinforces FUSO’s position as a key player in the commercial vehicle segment.
While other market leaders experienced a decline in market share, FUSO Philippines has gone beyond the trend, showcasing steady growth and a strong commitment to meeting its customer needs. FUSO’s focus on delivering reliable, efficient and durable commercial vehicles in the Philippine market has driven this sustained improvement in market standing.
It also emphasized SFP’s recent stellar achievement during the RC SEA Awards 2024, pulling off three (3) awards that underscore FUSO Philippines’ outstanding performance across multiple dimensions of business operations, leadership in innovation, customer-centric solutions, and retail excellence across Southeast Asia.
SFP received three (3) distinguished awards: Elite Class Southeast Asia (Silver Winner), Best CSP Product Innovation Award and Retail Sales Excellence Award.
“These recognitions are the testaments to the hard work and dedication of FUSO Philippines and our whole dealer network. We are honored to share these awards with you.” Mr. Yosuke Nishi mentioned in his message.
The conference culminated in an awards ceremony honoring top-performing dealerships and individuals in various categories – in sales, after-sales, marketing, and network. This recognition underscored the vital role of FUSO’s dealer network in the Philippines in driving the brand’s growth as one of the most trusted names in commercial vehicles.
The following FUSO dealers and Individuals were commended as winners:
SALES
Top Sales Contributors
PMPI – FUSO Cainta
FAPC – FUSO Mactan
DMC – FUSO Marcos Highway
AMC – FUSO Carmona
Evolander Motor Corp.
Top Performer for Canter FE84 & FE85
FAPC – FUSO Mactan
Top Performer for Government Sales
AMC – FUSO Carmona
Top Performer for PUV Sales
FAPC – FUSO Mactan
Top Performer for Rosa Sales
DMC – FUSO Marcos Highway
Top Sales Performer for Light-Duty Truck
1st Place – Marc Montemayor from FUSO Marcos Highway
2nd Place – Victor Dominise from FUSO Mactan
3rd Place – Marjoe Villanueva from FUSO Makati
Top Sales Performer for DICV
1st Place – Jindo Babol from FUSO Kawit
2nd Place – Victor Dominise from FUSO Mactan
3rd Place – Stephen Patac from FUSO South Cotabato
MARKETING
Marketing Excellence Award
CWI – FUSO Pampanga
Digital Marketing Compliance Award
GAC – FUSO Cabanatuan
Event Initiatives Award
FAPC – FUSO Cagayan de Oro
Digital Sales Champion
CWI – FUSO Pampanga
NETWORK
Overall Audit Compliance Excellence
CWI – FUSO Pampanga
Outstanding Compliance in Manpower Category
AMC – FUSO Carmona
Outstanding Compliance in Facility Category
1DAI – FUSO Kawit
Outstanding Compliance in Process Category
MXM – FUSO Palawan
AFTERSALES
Aftersales Excellence Award
1st Place, 1DAI – FUSO Kawit
2nd Place, AMC – FUSO Carmona
3rd Place, MMFO – FUSO Otis
Mr. Yosuke Nishi, President & CEO of Sojitz Fuso Philippines Corporation: “The partnership between SFP and the dealer network has experienced ups and downs. We faced the adverse effects of COVID-19 in 2020-2021, just a year after the company’s official opening. We managed to “Rebuild and Recover” in 2022 and continue applying the “Progress Together” theme in 2023. This year, 2024, we will remain true to the theme “Moving Forward.” There will be challenges, but we will continue progressing with the momentum we’ve built. This leads me to our constant call for your support to keep the efforts going. We have a long way to go but are already making headway.”
Mr. Nishi congratulated all the winners by ending his closing remarks with, “A big thanks to all of you for your excellent performance and contribution. Tonight is more than a recall of our balances; it celebrates everyone’s hard work”
As the event concluded, the camaraderie among attendees affirmed a strong and united dealer network, ready to move forward as FUSO in the Philippines continues to grow.
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Sojitz Corporation at a Glance
As a general trading company, the Sojitz Group is engaged in a wide range of businesses globally, including buying, selling, importing, and exporting goods, manufacturing and selling products, providing services, and planning and coordinating projects, in Japan and overseas. The Group also invests in various sectors and conducts financing activities. The broad range of sectors in which Sojitz operates includes those related to automobiles, plants, energy, mineral resources, chemicals, foodstuff resources, agricultural and forestry resources, consumer goods, and industrial parks. Sojitz has run so many kinds of automotive business all over the world such as CKD production, wholesale, and Retail. In the case of the business in Philippine, Sojitz has been engaged to the automotive business since 1969.
Daimler Truck at a Glance
Daimler Truck Holding AG (“Daimler Truck”) is one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, with over 40 main locations and more than 100,000 employees around the globe. The founders of Daimler Truck invented the modern transportation industry with their trucks and buses a good 125 years ago. Unchanged to this day, the company’s aspirations are dedicated to one purpose: Daimler Truck works for all who keep the world moving. Its customers enable people to be mobile and get goods to their destinations reliably, on time, and safely. Daimler Truck provides the technologies, products, and services for them to do so. This also applies to the transformation to CO2-neutral driving. The company is striving to make sustainable transport a success, with profound technological knowledge and a clear view of its customers’ needs. Daimler Truck’s business activities are structured in five reporting segments: Trucks North America (TN) with the truck brands Freightliner and Western Star and the school bus brand Thomas Built Buses. Trucks Asia (TA) with the FUSO and RIZON commercial vehicle brands. Mercedes-Benz Trucks (MBT) with the truck brand of the same name and BharatBenz. Daimler Buses (DB) with the Mercedes-Benz and Setra bus brands. Daimler Truck’s new Financial Services business (DTFS) constitutes the fifth segment, the product range in the truck segments includes light, medium and heavy trucks for long-distance, distribution and construction traffic and special-purpose vehicles used mainly in the municipal and vocational sector. The product range of the bus segment includes city buses, school buses and intercity buses, coaches and bus chassis. In addition to the sale of new and used commercial vehicles, the company also offers after-sales services and connectivity solutions.
MFTBC at a Glance
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) is a commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Kawasaki City, Japan. 89.29% of its shares are owned by Daimler Truck AG and 10.71% by various Mitsubishi group companies. MFTBC provides trucks, buses and industrial engines under the FUSO brand with a longstanding history of over 90 years, serving approximately 170 markets worldwide. MFTBC proactively develops cutting-edge technologies such as electrification, with its eCanter being Japan’s first mass-produced electric light-duty truck. MFTBC’s heavy-duty Super Great Truck was also the first of its kind in Japan to include SAE Level 2-equivalent automated driving support technology, now a benchmark in the Japanese commercial vehicle market.
FUSO at a Glance
FUSO is a Daimler Truck brand, offering a range of commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses and industrial engines in about 170 markets worldwide. The brand is characterized by effectiveness, safety and comfort, built over its 90-year history with a foundation of and Japanese quality and craftsmanship. The Canter light-duty truck claims the top share in various markets around the world. FUSO leads electrification of commercial vehicles by globally offering Japan’s first mass-produced electric light-duty truck, the eCanter. FUSO promises customers a “Future Together,” a bold claim that continues to drive the brand’s contributions to safe and sustainable transport.
