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 27 production facilities are in the NAFTA region (14, thereof 11 in the United States and 3 in Mexico), Europe (7), Asia (3), South America (2) and Africa (1). In Brazil, the Mercedes-Benz Actros heavy truck and the medium-duty Accelo are produced for Latin American markets as of 2012. A new truck plant is also being constructed in Chennai, India; production of trucks under the new BharatBenz brand will start there in fall 2012.

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

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 2011 were Asia with 32% of unit sales, the NAFTA region (27%), Europe (22%) and Latin America excluding Mexico (15%).

 

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	Matthias Gruendler
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	2011
	Amounts in millions of EUR
EBIT	1,876
Revenue	28,751
Investment in property, plant and equipment	1,201
Research and development expenditure	1,321

 

Employees (Dec. 31)	2011
Total	77,295
Germany	29,436
United States	14,027
Rest of World	33,832

 

Sales	2011
	(units)
Total	425,800
Western Europe	61,400
thereof Germany	31,200
United Kingdom	7,600
France	8,100
Italy	2,400
NAFTA	114,000
thereof United States	96,900
Latin America (excluding Mexico)	61,900
thereof Brazil	44,100
Asia	134,900