Stuttgart/Germany/Cleveland, North Carolina/USA, January 12,
2012
Daimler Trucks North America
Daimler Adds 1,200 Positions in Ramp-up of Truck Production
in North America
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) to add second shift
at Freightliner plant in Cleveland
DTNA is benefiting greatly from the strong market rebound
Hiring of 1,200 new employees to begin in February 2012
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The heavy-duty truck model Freightliner Cascadia
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Daimler Trucks North America announced the addition of a
second shift and plans to ramp up production at its
Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C.
This will result in the creation of 1,200 new jobs, including
100 at the nearby DTNA Components and Logistics Plant in
Gastonia, N.C.
The additional workers will increase personnel at the largest
Freightliner manufacturing plant in the United States by more
than 70 percent, from approx. 1,600 to over 2,700. The
Cleveland facility produces Class 8 heavy-duty truck models,
including the Freightliner Cascadia, Columbia, and Argosy
product lines.
DTNA is ramping up production in response to the positive
market development in the NAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement) region. Freight volume is back up to pre-crisis
levels, and vehicle fleets are now being gradually replaced
after not having been modernized for several years. The
demand growth particularly benefits heavy-duty long-haulage
trucks, creating backorders as long as six months for the
Freightliner Cascadia model.
In 2011 in the United States and Canada alone, Daimler's
North American commercial vehicle subsidiary substantially
boosted truck sales, posting an above-average gain from the
strong market rebound. With 94,155 vehicles through November
2011, sales were almost 55 percent higher than in the same
period of 2010. DTNA is the most successful manufacturer of
Class 6 - 8 trucks in the United States and Canada, with a
market share of 32.7 percent (as of October 2011).
In response to the increased customer demand for Freightliner
and Western Star brand trucks, DTNA had already increased its
workforce by around 3,000 employees at various truck
manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico last year.
Hiring of new employees will begin in early February 2012,
and the new production shift is slated to be at full capacity
by September 2012.
Freightliner trucks are also sold internationally, and 20
percent of the trucks built at the Cleveland plant are sold
through Daimler subsidiaries in the export markets of
Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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