Daimler Trucks North America launches digital platform for spot freight deliveries
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is launching a new digital platform for its contracted freight carriers in the United States to match them with the company’s spot loads using a customized version of an app developed by Loadsmart. “To manufacture trucks, we need carriers to deliver components and parts to our plants,” said Lori Heino-Royer,
Daimler Trucks North America announces new functionality for Express WriteUp
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced enhancements to its Express WriteUp mobile application. Express WriteUp allows service advisors at Freightliner and Western Star dealerships to create repair orders with a mobile device. When a vehicle arrives at a repair facility, the service advisor can access warranty repair coverage, repair history and fault code information via
Daimler Trucks North America announces changes in senior management
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that David Carson, currently president of Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC), has been appointed president of Western Star Trucks and chief diversity officer of DTNA. Carson succeeds Kelley Platt who has been promoted within the Daimler AG global organization to president and chief executive officer of Daimler’s truck joint
Daimler Trucks North America launches 3D printed parts program
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will make its first delivery of plastic parts produced using 3D printing technologies to its customers in the coming weeks as part of a pilot program. The trucking company says it is confident that these new technologies will soon play a significant role in the industry. More importantly, DTNA sees
Daimler Trucks North America breaks ground on N.C. logistics center
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) recently broke ground on the future site of a modern logistics center at its Cleveland, N.C. truck manufacturing plant. The new center, expected to be completed early in 2019, represents a $27 million investment, and will create multiple new jobs in Cleveland. The Cleveland facility produces Freightliner and Western Star Class
Daimler Trucks North America expands its parts distribution network
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced the addition of two new parts distribution centers, located in Grimes, Iowa and Whitestown, Ind., in order for the company to expand its supply chain. The new facilities will hold more than $15 million of inventory and more than 20,000 parts. The addition of the parts distribution centers
Daimler Trucks North America names Roger Nielsen President, CEO
Roger Nielsen has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and its affiliated companies Freightliner Trucks, Western Star Trucks, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. and Detroit Diesel Corp., effective as of April 1. He succeeds Martin Daum, who became a member of the board of management of
Daimler Trucks North America to participate in SuperTruck II initiative
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced that it has been selected to receive a $20 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the SuperTruck II program. The new award is part of a multimillion dollar, multi-year program to increase the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles while decreasing carbon pollution. SuperTruck
Daimler Trucks North America opens new corporate headquarters
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has opened a new corporate headquarters in North Portland, Ore. The building was unveiled in a grand opening event attended by city and state officials. “As a leader in the industry with a reputation for high standards in engineering and sustainable practices, we felt it was important to have our
Daimler Trucks North America to open new Parts Distribution Center in Dallas
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), through its associated brands Freightliner, Western Star, Detroit, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis and Alliance Truck Parts, has announced the opening of a new parts distribution center (PDC) in Dallas. This new facility is a major step in a plan to improve the company’s parts availability and meet its