DTNA’s Mount Holly manufacturing plant produces 700,000th truck

DTNA’s Mount Holly manufacturing plant produces 700,000th truck

Daimler Trucks North America’s Mount Holly (N.C.) Truck Manufacturing plant recently marked two milestones: its 41st anniversary and the production of its 700,000th truck. The truck, an M2 106 extended cab, was presented to Miller Industries.

More than 800 employees at the Mount Holly Truck Manufacturing plant produce the M2 106, as well as Freightliner’s line of severe duty truck models.

Miller Industries was founded in 1990, employs around 1,200 employees worldwide, and has a total of three manufacturing facilities in the United States, one in England and one in France.

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