The Daimler Buses Unit
Overview
The product range of Daimler Buses, the world’s leading manufacturer of omnibuses above 8 tons with the brands Mercedes- Benz, Setra and Orion, comprises buses for tourist, urban and interurban applications as well as bus chassis.
The most important of the 15 production sites are in Germany, Turkey, Brazil and the NAFTA region. In 2008, 48% of the unit’s revenue was generated in Western Europe, 15% in the NAFTA markets and 19% in Latin America (excluding Mexico).
Facts & figures: Daimler Buses
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Employees
18,110 (December 31, 2008)
Sales
40,600 units (FY 2008)
Head of Daimler Buses
Hartmut Schick
Shaping Future Transportation
Shaping Future TransportationPreserving resources and reducing emissions of all kinds, while at the same time ensuring maximum road safety - these are the aims of the Shaping Future Transportation initiative. It combines all activities of Daimler's commercial vehicle busines- ses in order to make transportation of people and goods as sustainable and safe as possible. more
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