Daimler Truck

Recorded constituent parts are Daimler Buses. It is associated with Germany. The record gives 2019 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of DAX and MDAX. Its recorded seat is Leinfelden-Echterdingen. The recorded field of activity is automotive industry. Recorded products are truck, bus and coach.

• Name — Daimler Truck Holding AG • Type — Public • Traded As — DAX component • Predecessor — Daimler AG's heavy commercial vehicle operations • Founded — Stuttgart, Germany • Hq Location — Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany • Area Served — Worldwide • Key People — Martin Daum (Chairman) • Industry — Automotive • Products — * Trucks • Buses • Services — Financial • Brands — Mercedes-Benz • Owners — * Mercedes-Benz Group (30.01%) • BAIC (6.49%) • Kuwait Investment Authority (5.01%) • Mercedes-Benz Pension Trust (4.99%) • Subsidiaries — * Daimler Truck North America • Daimler India

The Daimler Truck and Daimler Buses divisions include the eight vehicle brands BharatBenz, Freightliner, FUSO, Mercedes-Benz, RIZON, Setra, Thomas Built Buses and Western Star. Daimler Truck is the global market leader in the medium and heavy-duty truck segment with a gross vehicle weight of over 6 tons. In 2019, around 489,000 vehicles were delivered in this segment. Financial and mobility services are offered via the Daimler Truck Financial Services division. Daimler Truck was established in 2019 as a subsidiary of Daimler AG. In February 2021, Daimler announced its planned to spin off Daimler Truck into a separate listed company. The spin-off was approved by its shareholders on 1 October 2021. Following this, Daimler Truck Holding AG was incorporated to manage assets owned by Daimler Truck AG, and Daimler AG retained 35% of shares in the new company, with 5% being transferred to its pension trust. A separate website for the Daimler Truck company was launched on December 1, and the company went public on 10 December. • Illustration — Mercedes-Benz eActros 600, Daimler's current flagship model truck for the European market On June 2 2025, Archion was established in Japan, and became operational on April 1 2026 to align with the Japanese fiscal year. Daimler Truck and Toyota, respectively the parent companies of Fuso and Hino, each own 25% of Archion. On July 1, 2025, it became known that Daimler Truck was placed on Russia's sanctions list due to alleged deliveries to Ukraine.

• Mercedes-Benz - light, medium and heavy trucks, buses (brand in Germany) • Freightliner - medium and heavy trucks, vans • Western Star - heavy trucks • Thomas Built Buses - school buses • Setra - buses • BharatBenz - medium and heavy trucks, buses (brand in India) • Detroit Diesel - medium and heavy-duty powertrain (brand in United States) • TruckStore - used vehicles, financing, leasing, rental, warranty and service contracts, and buyback • Fleetboard - telematics and connectivity

Of the Daimler Group's total workforce of 298,683 at the end of 2018 (2017: 289,321), 82,953 (2016: 79,483) worked at the Daimler Trucks division, of which 30,447 (2017: 30,424) were employed in Germany and 16,647 in the U.S. (2017: 15,002). In 2019, revenue amounted to €40.2 billion at Daimler Trucks and €4.7 billion at Daimler Buses. Daimler Buses is a leading brand in its core markets of Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, selling 30,888 vehicles worldwide in 2019. In 2018, the most important sales market was the NAFTA countries with 37% followed by Asia with 32%, Western Europe (EU plus Norway and Switzerland) with 17%, and Latin America (excluding the NAFTA country of Mexico) with 7%.

Daimler Truck's subsidiary, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), has actively lobbied the US government and to weaken climate regulations governing heavy-duty trucks. In the US, DTNA supported the second Trump administration's repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in 2025, resulting in the repeal of all greenhouse gas emissions regulation for heavy-duty trucks, in addition to the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions across the entire American economy. Earlier in 2025, DTNA Vice President of Product Integrity Sean Waters testified before the EPA and supported the EPA's proposed decision to cease regulation of greenhouse gases, stating that "We support EPA efforts in these proceedings to restore the best reading of the Clean Air Act." In August 2025, DTNA filed a lawsuit against California regulators to overturn the Clean Trucks Partnership, an agreement the company had voluntarily reached with regulators approximately two years prior, in which the DTNA agreed to increase its sales of zero-emission trucks in the state even if California's regulatory authority was repealed by the federal government.

Daimler Truck has a worldwide network of production plants and research centres. The following list is a description of all locations worldwide that include a Daimler Truck plant, including plants for the subsidiaries EvoBus, Daimler Trucks North America, Detroit Diesel, Freightliner Trucks, and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation. • City — Country — Purpose — Employees — Plant area • Aikawa — Japan — Production of transmission parts — 267 • Aksaray — Turkey — Atego, Axor, Actros & Unimog Research and development — 1,737 — 560000 m2 • Atlantis — South Africa — Foundry — 842 — 940000 m2 • Beijing — China — Auman trucks (assembly) Four-cylinder engines (production & assembly), six-cylinder engines (assembly) — 8,878 — 229862 m2 • Bangalore — India — Daimler Truck Innovation Center India — 1400 — N/A • Berlin — Germany — Various engines, components, transmission parts and fuel systems — 2,538 — 501502 m2 • Chennai — India — Trucks (LDT, MDT, HDT) under BharatBenz, Mercedes-Benz and Fuso brands Buses under BharatBenz — 2,540 — 1600000 m2 • Cikarang, Bekasi — Indonesia — Axor, Buses — 146000 m2 • Cleveland, North Carolina — USA — Class 8 truck models (Freightliner Cascadia / Western Star 47X, 49X and 57X) — 1,837 • Detroit, Michigan — USA — Detroit Diesel Engines, transmissions, axle, electric axle, and battery assembly — 2,164 • Dortmund — Germany — Transit-, interurban-, and mobility buses and coaches — 268 • East London — South Africa — Mercedes trucks & buses, Fuso trucks — 2,743 — 603600 m2 • Ebina — Japan — Fuso trucks, various bodies Chassis development — 430 — 83000 m2 • Funza — Colombia — Chassis for buses — 542 — 11000 m2 • Gaffney, South Carolina — USA — Chassis for school buses, shuttle buses, step vans and motor homes — 542 • Gaggenau — Germany — Manual and automatic transmissions, axles, torque converters & pressed parts — 6,280 — 460000 m2 • García — Mexico — Bus chassis assembly — 4000 — 42709 m2 • Gastonia, North Carolina — USA — Parts production — 1,262 • Hamburg — Germany — Axles and axle components, steering columns, components for exhaust emission technology and lightweight structural parts — 2,752 — 331000 m2 • High Point, North Carolina — USA — School buses (assembly) Research and development — 1,316 • Holýšov — Czech Republic — Motorcoach bodyworks and bus segments — 1,300 • Istanbul-Hoşdere — Turkey — Body shop, cathodic dip painting, paint shop Transit- and interurban buses and coaches (assembly) — 4,421 • Juiz de Fora — Brazil — Accelo & Actros (assembly) — 926 • Kassel — Germany — Axles, drive shafts & other components — 2,820 — 435873 m2 • Kawasaki — Japan — Fuso head office functions (Research and development, production of engines, axles & transmissions; LDT, MDT, HDT) — 4,670 • Kirchheim unter Teck — Germany — EvoBus corporate headquarters Sales — 120 • Kölleda — Germany — Three- and four-cylinder engines — 914 — 417434 m2 • Ligny-en-Barrois — France — Transit buses & coaches (Assembly) — 375 • Logan Township, New Jersey — USA — Fuso • Mannheim — Germany — Transit-, intercity buses and coaches (Body shop, cathodic dip painting, assembly) — 3,301 • Mannheim — Germany — Foundry, engines (production & remanufacturing) and green technology engines) — 5,113 — 898654 m2 • Molsheim — France — Customization of special purpose trucks — 527 • Mount Holly, North Carolina — USA — Freightliner Business Class M2, 108SD, and 114SD assembly — 1,460 • Neu-Ulm — Germany — Transit- and interurban buses & coaches (Paint shop and assembly) — 3,578 • Portland, Oregon — USA — Truck assembly: Freightliner eCascadia / Western Star 47X, 49X Research and development — 4,590 • Sakura — Japan — Fuso proving ground & test track — 384 • Saltillo — Mexico — Freightliner Cascadia — 2,972 • Sámano-Castro Urdiales — Spain — Chassis — 246 • Santiago Tianguistenco — Mexico — Freightliner M2 106, M2 112 and Cascadia / Western Star 57X — 1,610 • São Bernardo do Campo — Brazil — Entire Latin American truck product range Engines, axles, transmissions, bus chassis Research and development — 12,788 • Stuttgart — Germany — Company Headquarters Engines, axles, transmissions & other components Pre-commissioning foundry and forge Research and development — 17,973 — 2060045 m2 • Toluca — Mexico — Refurbishing of engines, transmissions and other components • Toyama — Japan — Small, medium and large buses Product development — 646 • Tramagal — Portugal — Fuso Canter — 307 — 39900 m2 • Virrey del Pino, Buenos Aires Province — Argentina — Accelo, Atego, OF and OH bus chassis — 407 • Wörth am Rhein — Germany — Actros, Antos, Arocs, Axor, Atego, Econic, Unimog, Zetros — 11,741