Facts & Figures - Daimler Trucks
Daimler Trucks has five strong brands under its umbrella. The four strong truck brands Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, Sterling, and Mitsubishi Fuso – along with the American school bus brand Thomas Built Buses – ensure sustained mobility in the transport sector, with 33 production locations worldwide. Our customers all over the world benefit from our international network of development and production locations.
All our vehicles are tailored to meet the transport needs of our customers – with innovative technologies for even higher levels of reliability, efficiency, and safety.
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Leading Team of Daimler Trucks | |||
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Andreas Renscher |
Hubertus Troska |
Martin Daum |
Dr. Albert Kirchmann |
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Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Daimler Trucks Division |
Europe/Latin America Region and the vehicle brand Mercedes-Benz |
NAFTA Region and the vehicle brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses |
Asia Region and the vehicle brand Mitsubishi Fuso |
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Georg Weilberg |
Dr. Michael Dostal |
Frank Lindenberg |
Stefan E. Buchner |
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Truck Product Engineering |
Truck Powertrain Operations & Manufacturing Engineering |
Finance & Controlling, Business & Product Planning |
Procurement Trucks & Buses |
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2008 | |
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Amounts in millions € / Return on sales in % | |
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EBIT |
1,607 |
| Revenue |
28,572 |
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Return on sales |
5.6 % |
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Investment in property, plant, and equipment |
991 |
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Research and development expenditure |
1,056 |
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Production |
472,942 |
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Unit sales |
472,074 |
| Employees |
2008 |
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(Dec. 31) |
| Europe |
32,756 |
| NAFTA |
19,461 |
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Latin America |
10,821 |
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Asia / Australia |
15,097 |
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Africa |
1,280 |
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Total |
79,415 |
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2008 | |
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units | |
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Wetsren Europe |
87,000 |
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thereof Germany |
42,000 |
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thereof Great Britain |
8,000 |
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thereof France |
11,000 |
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thereof Italy |
4,000 |
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NAFTA |
97,000 |
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thereof United States |
78,000 |
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Latin America (without Mexico) |
59,000 |
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Brazil |
34,000 |
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Asia/Australia |
156,000 |
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Total |
472,000 |
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2008 | |
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units | |
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Daimler Trucks North America LLC Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses |
104,271 |
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Mercedes-Benz |
170,079 |
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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation |
197,724 |
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Total |
472,074 |
Shaping Future Transportation
Preserving 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
