Daimler Truck

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Daimler Truck Holding AG
Company type Public
FWB:  DTG
DAX component
ISIN DE000DTR0CK8
Industry Automotive
Predecessor Daimler AG's heavy commercial vehicle operations
Founded1 November 2019;4 years ago (2019-11-01)
Stuttgart, Germany
Headquarters Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Martin Daum (Chairman)
Products
Brands Mercedes-Benz
Services Financial
Revenue55,890,000,000 Euro (2023)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
5,184,000,000 Euro (2023)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
3,775,000,000 Euro (2023)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Total assets 71,212,000,000 Euro (2023)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Owners
Number of employees
104,416 (2023)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Subsidiaries
Website www.daimlertruck.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Daimler Truck AG (holding company legal name Daimler Truck Holding AG) is the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, with over 35 main locations worldwide and approximately 100,000 employees. [2] Daimler Truck AG is headquartered in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. It was a part of Daimler AG from November 2019 to December 2021. [1]

Contents

History

The Daimler Truck and Daimler Buses divisions include the eight vehicle brands BharatBenz, Freightliner, FUSO, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, RIZON, Setra, Thomas Built Buses and Western Star. Daimler Truck is the global market leader in the medium and heavy-duty truck segment with a gross vehicle weight of over 6 tons. In 2019, around 489,000 vehicles were delivered in this segment. [3] Financial and mobility services are offered via the Daimler Truck Financial Services division. [4]

Daimler Truck was established in 2019 as a subsidiary of Daimler AG. In February 2021, Daimler announced its planned to spin off Daimler Truck into a separate listed company. [5] [6] The spin-off was approved by its shareholders on 1 October 2021. [7] Following this, Daimler Truck Holding AG was incorporated to manage assets owned by Daimler Truck AG, and Daimler AG retained 35% of shares in the new company, with 5% being transferred to its pension trust. [8] A separate website for the Daimler Truck company was launched on December 1, [9] and the company went public on 10 December. [10]

Brands

Finances

Of the Daimler Group's total workforce of 298,683 at the end of 2018 (2017: 289,321), 82,953 (2016: 79,483) worked at the Daimler Trucks division, of which 30,447 (2017: 30,424) were employed in Germany and 16,647 in the U.S. (2017: 15,002). In 2019, revenue amounted to €40.2 billion at Daimler Trucks and €4.7 billion at Daimler Buses. [11] Daimler Buses is a leading brand in its core markets of Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, selling 30,888 vehicles worldwide in 2019. [12]

In 2018, the most important sales market was the NAFTA countries with 37% followed by Asia with 32%, Western Europe (EU plus Norway and Switzerland) with 17%, and Latin America (excluding the NAFTA country of Mexico) with 7%. [13]

Locations

Daimler Truck has a worldwide network of production plants and research centers. The following list is a description of all locations worldwide that include a Daimler Truck plant, including plants for the subsidiaries EvoBus, Daimler Trucks North America, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner Trucks, and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation. [14]

CityCountryPurposeEmployees [lower-alpha 1] Plant area
Aikawa JapanProduction of transmission parts267—
Aksaray Turkey Atego, Axor, Actros & Unimog
Research and development		1,737560,000 m2 (6,000,000 sq ft)
Atlantis South Africa Foundry 842940,000 m2 (10,100,000 sq ft)
Beijing ChinaAuman trucks (assembly)
Four-cylinder engines (production & assembly), six-cylinder engines (assembly)		8,878229,862 m2 (2,474,210 sq ft)
Bangalore IndiaDaimler Truck Innovation Center India [15] 1400N/A
Berlin GermanyVarious engines, components, transmission parts and fuel systems2,538501,502 m2 (5,398,120 sq ft)
Chennai IndiaTrucks (LDT, MDT, HDT) under BharatBenz, Mercedes-Benz and Fuso brands
Buses under BharatBenz 		2,5401,600,000 m2 (17,000,000 sq ft)
Cikarang, Bekasi Indonesia Axor, Buses—146,000 m2 (1,570,000 sq ft)
Cleveland, North Carolina USA Class 8 truck models (Freightliner Cascadia / Western Star 47X, 49X and 57X.1,837—
Detroit, Michigan USADetroit Diesel Engines, transmissions, axle, electric axle, and battery assembly2,164—
Dortmund Germany Transit-, interurban-, and mobility buses and coaches 268—
East London South AfricaMercedes trucks & buses, Fuso trucks2,743603,600 m2 (6,497,000 sq ft)
Ebina Japan Fuso trucks, various bodies
Chassis development		43083,000 m2 (890,000 sq ft)
Funza ColombiaChassis for buses54211,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft)
Gaffney, South Carolina USAChassis for school buses, shuttle buses, step vans and motor homes542—
Gaggenau Germany Manual and automatic transmissions, axles, torque converters & pressed parts6,280460,000 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)
García MexicoBus chassis assembly400042,709 m2 (459,720 sq ft) [16]
Gastonia, North Carolina USAParts production1,262—
Hamburg Germany Axles and axle components, steering columns, components for exhaust emission technology and lightweight structural parts2,752331,000 m2 (3,560,000 sq ft)
High Point, North Carolina USA School buses (assembly)
Research and development		1,316—
Holýšov Czech RepublicMotorcoach bodyworks and bus segments360—
Istanbul-Hoşdere TurkeyBody shop, cathodic dip painting, paint shop
Transit- and interurban buses and coaches (assembly)		4,421—
Juiz de Fora BrazilAccelo & Actros
(assembly)		926—
Kassel GermanyAxles, drive shafts & other components2,820435,873 m2 (4,691,700 sq ft)
Kawasaki JapanFuso head office functions
(Research and development, production of engines, axles & transmissions; LDT, MDT, HDT)		4,670—
Kirchheim unter Teck Germany EvoBus corporate headquarters
Sales		120—
Kölleda Germany Three- and four-cylinder engines914417,434 m2 (4,493,220 sq ft)
Ligny-en-Barrois FranceTransit buses & coaches
(Assembly)		375—
Logan Township, New Jersey USAFuso——
Mannheim GermanyTransit-, intercity buses and coaches (Body shop, cathodic dip painting, assembly)3,301—
Mannheim GermanyFoundry, engines (production & remanufacturing) and green technology engines)5,113898,654 m2 (9,673,030 sq ft)
Molsheim FranceCustomization of special purpose trucks 527—
Mount Holly, North Carolina USA Freightliner Business Class M2, 108SD, and 114SD assembly1,460—
Neu-Ulm GermanyTransit- and interurban buses & coaches
(Paint shop and assembly)		3,578—
Portland, Oregon USATruck assembly: Freightliner eCascadia / Western Star 47X, 49X
Research and development		4,590—
Sakura JapanFuso proving ground & test track384—
Saltillo Mexico Freightliner Cascadia 2,972—
Sámano-Castro Urdiales SpainChassis246—
Santiago Tianguistenco MexicoFreightliner M2 106, M2 112 and Cascadia / Western Star 57X1,610—
São Bernardo do Campo BrazilEntire Latin American truck product range
Engines, axles, transmissions, bus chassis
Research and development		12,788—
Stuttgart GermanyCompany Headquarters
Engines, axles, transmissions & other components
Pre-commissioning foundry and forge
Research and development		17,9732,060,045 m2 (22,174,140 sq ft)
Toluca MexicoRefurbishing of engines, transmissions and other components——
Toyama JapanSmall, medium and large buses
Product development		646—
Tramagal Portugal Fuso Canter 30739,900 m2 (429,000 sq ft)
Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires Province ArgentinaAccelo, Atego, OF and OH bus chassis407
Wörth am Rhein GermanyActros, Antos, Arocs, Axor, Atego, Econic, Unimog, Zetros 11,741—
  1. ↑ As of December 2013

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