Daimler Trucks

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

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 Juiz de Fora in Brazil, the Mercedes-Benz Actros heavy-duty truck and the medium-duty Accelo have been produced for the Latin American market since early 2012. In our new truck plant in Chennai, India, trucks of the new BharatBenz brand have been rolling off the production lines since June 2012. By 2014, we will offer 17 BharatBenz models in India in the segment from 6 to 49 metric tons. In China, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA), a joint venture with our Chinese partner Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd., has been producing trucks under the Auman brand since July 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. The division’s product range also includes the buses of the Thomas Built Buses and Fuso brands since for the bus body truck chassis are generally used.

Daimler Trucks’ most important sales markets in 2012 were Asia with 35% of unit sales, the NAFTA region (29%), Western Europe (13%) and Latin America excluding Mexico (10%).

 

Management Team of Daimler Trucks
Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard	Stefan E. Buchner	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	Dr. Frank Reintjes	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	2012
	Amounts in millions of EUR
EBIT	1,714
Revenue	31,389
Investment in property, plant and equipment	989
Research and development expenditure	1,197

 

Employees (Dec. 31)	2012
Total	80,519
Germany	29,963
United States	15,089
Rest of World	35,467

 

Sales	2012
	(units)
Total	462,000
Western Europe	58,000
thereof Germany	31,100
United Kingdom	6,900
France	7,400
Italy	1,700
NAFTA	135,000
thereof United States	113,800
Latin America (excluding Mexico)	46,200
thereof Brazil	29,000
Asia	163,700