To achieve objectives of its turnaround plan announced Oct 12, 2001, Freightliner LLC has unveiled a new management structure. Key changes include: A streamlined Executive Committee focused on ...

Freightliner LLC has changed its corporate name effective January 7, 2008 to Daimler Trucks North America LLC. This coincides with its parent firm’s switch from DaimlerChrysler AG to Daimler AG.

Freightliner’s Class 8 factories are preparing for a 40 percent to 50 percent decrease in output in 2007, Roger Nielsen, chief operating officer of Freightliner LLC, told attendees at the recent 15th ...

Freightliner Trucks on Wednesday, May 2, revealed the Cascadia, a new Class 8 on-highway tractor that goes into production in August. The Cascadia, which will replace the current Columbia and Century ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruck maker Freightliner LLC said Tuesday it would cut output and lay off 800 workers early next year at its St. Thomas, Ontario, manufacturing plant, which ...

(Editor's Note: The following is a copy of a press release from DaimlerChrysler on Friday.) STUTTGART, Germany (May 25) - DaimlerChrysler announced today that its Board of Management has accepted the ...

Phillips Industries’ new Cincinnati-area distribution center is now shipping aftermarket trucking parts nationwide, aiming to speed up delivery times for customers.

Freightliner LLC, a leading truck manufacturer in North America, selected National Instruments LabVIEW software and PXI-based hardware to replace a VME-based proprietary solution for verifying ...

Imagine trying to quickly turn around an aircraft carrier under full power. That should give you some idea of what Freightliner LLC CIO Fred Kimball was up against in setting out to overhaul the ...

Freightliner LLC today announced that it has notified Consorcio G. Grupo Dina that it would terminate the supplier agreement Western Star Trucks Holdings made with DINA to market its Class 7 Solar ...

The 3.2-million-square-foot Redford facility will become home to a new heavy-duty truck engine line, medium-duty engine assembly and expanded axle assembly. The Redford campus will also house the new ...

CHICAGO, March 28 (Reuters) - The top executive at Freightliner LLC, the leading U.S. truck-maker, said on Wednesday that orders for its biggest on-highway trucks had been weaker than expected so far ...