A long-term commitment to Portland, Ore., is being made by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), which announced plans to construct a new headquarters building and parking garage on its Swan Island campus. In addition, DTNA launched its Daimler Education in Motion program, which benefits Portland metro area and Southwest Washington schools with more than $330,000 in donations and mentoring programs geared toward career development in engineering and manufacturing.
The new 265,000-sq. ft. DTNA corporate headquarters building will bring together employees currently located in offices separated by the Willamette River and accommodate approximately 400 new positions in Portland that the company anticipates it will need in conjunction with future business growth. The total project requires a $150 million investment by DTNA and is expected to be completed in 2016.
DTNA has also announced donations totaling close to $330,000 to help support Daimler’s Education in Motion campaign, a collection of corporate giving initiatives benefiting science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in 34 Portland metro area and Southwest Washington schools. Two of the campaign’s more significant initiatives are Pathways in Manufacturing and the Daimler Educational Outreach program, which operates on the volunteer efforts of more than 50 DTNA employees who serve as Education Outreach Liaisons to schools.