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July 2014
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Daimler Trucks North America Breaks Ground
on New Corporate Headquarters in Portland
Inauguration of the start of construction for new administration
building of Daimler truck subsidiary – completion in the year 2016
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Total investment of 150 million US dollars
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New building will house administrative units of
Daimler Trucks North America on 268,000 square foot in Swan Island,
Portland
Stuttgart / Portland, USA – The first sod has been turned: Daimler’s
wholly-owned commercial vehicle subsidiary Daimler Trucks North America
(DTNA) is starting construction of the new headquarters building on Swan
Island in Portland, Oregon. The new building will aid in merging DTNA
employees located in separate offices in the Portland region. To this
end, Daimler is investing 150 million US dollars to completion in the
year 2016.
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Martin Daum, President
and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, at the
ground-breaking ceremony: “With our roots firmly
planted in Portland over 70 years ago, Daimler
Trucks North America is proud to lay the foundation
for continued prosperity with a headquarters campus
designed for the company’s long-term business
success and a world-class workplace for employees.”
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The history of DTNA in Portland
The Freightliner Corporation began manufacturing trucks in Portlandin
the 1940s. In 1981, the then Daimler-Benz AG (today Daimler AG)
purchased Freightliner Trucks from Consolidated Freightways. In the next
decade vehicle sales more than doubled. With its technological resources
and innovation power, Daimler-Benz helped Freightlinerreach the top of
the North American heavy-duty truck market by 1992.
Today, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is the leading manufacturerof
medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America. DTNA manufactures and
sells commercial vehicles of the Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas
Built Buses brands.
Photo: Daimler
(July 22, 2014)
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