CHENNAI: German commercial vehicle maker Daimler AG’s fully owned India subsidiary Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has said it will observe six non-production days through September and October to align output with demand in a milieu of continued sales slowdown in the automotive industry.“We confirm that DICV will have three non-production days in September and three non-production days in October Permanent employees have been granted additional vacation days to help compensate We are closely monitoring the situation and adjusting our production line depending on market demand.”DICV manufactures and exports trucks under the Bharat-Benz, Mercedes-Benz, Fuso and Freightliner brands from its factory off Chennai.Daimler joins a league of commercial and passenger car brands that have undertaken production cuts in varying degrees. Ashok Leyland has been periodically slashing production on select days over the last few months to cut their rollouts to meet dwindling market demand.In August, Daimler had said it crossed a milestone at its Indian plant in Oragadam near Chennai: it marked the production of 25,000 vehicles determined for exports. “An integral part of Daimler’s global production network for trucks and buses, its Indian Oragadam plant is the only location worldwide which produces engines, transmissions, trucks and buses catering to four brands – BharatBenz , FUSO, Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner,” the company had said in a statement.In early September, SIAM, India’s top automotive industry body expressed worry over the prolonged downtrend in sales. Rajan Wadhera, President of SIAM, said the sales report coming out from various companies for August has been very dismal: over 30% erosion of sales for Passenger Vehicles. “The Commercial Vehicle and Two wheeler sales are also significantly negative indicating that the market has still not responded to the various measures initiated by the Hon’ble Finance Minister last month.” He said.