Freightliner Trucks is a manufacturer of heavy duty trucks, chassis and semi-trailer
trucks in the United States. The company was founded as Freightliner Inc in
1942 and is now a division of Daimler Trucks North America, a subsidiary of the
German Daimler AG.[1] The company is known mainly for the heavy duty class 8
diesel trucks that it produces, as well as class 5-7 trucks.
As of 2005
Freightliner is the largest manufacturer of heavy duty trucks in North America
with annual earnings of over $32 billion (2006 est.) and over 22,000 employees
(including Detroit Diesel). Because Freightliner LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Daimler, a non American corporation, it is not included in Fortune 500
rankings. It is comparable to the 125th largest company in those rankings based
on the criteria used.
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