Daimler Trucks

As the biggest globally active manufacturer of trucks above 6 tons gross vehicle weight, Daimler Trucks develops and produces vehicles in a global network under the brands Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star and Fuso.

The division’s 28 production facilities are in the NAFTA region (14, thereof 11 in the United States and 3 in Mexico), Asia (5), Europe (7), South America (1) and Africa (1). In Brazil, Daimler Trucks will expand its production network in 2012 with the addition of the plant in Juiz de Fora, where heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks as well as medium-duty Mercedes-Benz Accelo trucks will be produced for Latin American markets.

Daimler Trucks’ product range includes light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks for local and long-distance deliveries and construction sites, as well as special vehicles for municipal applications.

Due to close links in terms of production technology, the division’s product range also includes the buses of the Thomas Built Buses and Fuso brands.

Daimler Trucks’ most important sales markets in 2010 were Asia with 34% of unit sales, the NAFTA region (22%), Latin America excluding Mexico (16%) and Western Europe (16%).

Management Team of Daimler Trucks
Andreas Renschler	Hubertus Troska	Martin Daum	Dr. Albert Kirchmann
Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Daimler Trucks Division	responsible for the Europe/Latin America Region and the vehicle brand Mercedes-Benz	responsible for the NAFTA Region and the vehicle brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses	responsible for the Asia Region and the vehicle brand Fuso
Georg Weiberg	Stefan E. Buchner	Frank Lindenberg
responsible for Truck Product Engineering	responsible for Procurement Trucks & Buses and Truck Power-train Operations & Manufacturing Engineering	responsible for Finance & Controlling, Business & Product Planning

 

Daimler Trucks	2010
	Amounts in millions of EUR
EBIT	1,323
Revenue	24,024
Investment in property, plant and equipment	1,003
Research and development expenditure	1,282

 

Employees (Dec. 31)	2010
Total	71,706
Germany	28,288
United States	11,809
Rest of World	31,609

 

Sales	2010
	(units)
Total	355,300
Western Europe	55,400
thereof Germany	30,300
United Kingdom	5,800
France	6,100
Italy	2,300
NAFTA	76,700
thereof United States	62,600
Latin America (excluding Mexico)	58,200
thereof Brazil	44,300
Asia/ Australia	126,300