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Daimler Trucks North America LLC

(Public)  
Automotive - Motor Vehicles - Parts
10,000 - 25,000 employees  |  
Approx. 12 active jobs   |  Website
Overview
Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company, is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America and a leading producer of medium-duty trucks and specialized commercial vehicles.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Daimler Trucks North America LLC manufactures, sells and services several renowned commercial vehicle brands. Through the company's affiliates, Daimler Trucks North America LLC is also a leading provider of heavy-and medium-duty diesel engines and other components. The company's strategic partners in the North American commercial vehicles market include Daimler Truck Financial and TravelCenters of America.
Culture
In the 21st century, Daimler Trucks North America turns its sights to creating the next generation of commercial vehicles. The same dedication and determination that guided the developers of the first Freightliner truck is present today. It drives employees to think beyond conventional wisdom and challenge the status quo. Ideas that were once considered unfeasible are now industry standards, and today's prototypes and experimental vehicles may soon fill future highways. The future holds many challenges - and just as many opportunities. Manufacturers will be pressed to develop vehicles that are safer, more fuel efficient and more productive. Daimler Trucks North America has always met those challenges and welcomes the chance to design and build the trucks, buses and emergency vehicles of tomorrow. The road ahead is filled with many opportunities, and Daimler Trucks North America is already hard at work creating the commercial vehicles that will inspire the next generation of customers and travel the roads of the future.
Our Vision & Values
Guided by a clear vision and grounded by strong core values, Daimler Trucks North America LLC is committed to continuing leadership in the North American commercial vehicle business.

The company’s Vision includes three basic Aspirations. These overarching goals guide every person, every strategy and every direction in the company:

OUR ASPIRATIONS

  • Our brands are the leaders in the North American commercial vehicle industry.
  • Our customers can rely on us.
  • We deliver superior financial results by continuously improving our products, services and processes.
To achieve its aspirations, Daimler Trucks North America LLC pursues five key strategic directions:

OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

  • Strong brands & value proposition
    Our customers understand and appreciate each brand for its unique value proposition.
  • World Class Cost Position
    We leverage our scale and work together to attain the best cost position in every market we serve.
  • Distinctive Quality
    Our products and service quality set us apart in meeting our customers' needs.
  • Smart Processes
    We are easy to do business with. We constantly strive to do things faster, more simply, and with better results.
  • Exceptional People
    All of our leaders challenge the organization to top performance; we reward and recognize people who deliver exceptional results.
In fulfilling the company's aspirations and pursuing its strategic directions, Daimler Trucks North America LLC employees draw on a set of shared cultural values.

CULTURAL VALUES

  • Driven to Win
  • Can-Do Attitude
  • Integrity
  • Accountability
  • Pride
  • Authentic
Every day, the approximately 25,000 employees of Daimler Trucks North America LLC work hard to fulfill the company's vision while exemplifying its core values.

By continually pursuing strong brands, securing a reputation for reliability and achieving superior financial performance, Daimler Trucks North America aspires to continually serve customers, Daimler shareholders, employees, dealers and local communities.
Environment
Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s commitment to the environment includes not only designing the most fuel-efficient vehicles possible, but also reducing emissions and waste in all the company’s operations.

In 2004, Daimler Trucks North America LLC opened an advanced wind tunnel testing facility nears its headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Over the coming years, the company will use data and experience from the wind tunnel testing to refine the aerodynamics on its trucks with the overall objective of reducing fuel consumption and emissions. New heavy-duty vehicle diesel engines installed in Daimler Trucks North America LLC vehicles include systems designed to reduce emission of nitrous oxide and particulate matter. In addition, the company has explored advanced concepts like fuel cell auxiliary power units. Already, Daimler Trucks North America LLC products offer engines powered by alternative fuels.

Daimler Trucks North America's commitment to sustainable production has enabled the company to continually reduce generation of solid and liquid waste, as well as air emissions from its manufacturing operations. Environmental engineers are employed in all Daimler Trucks North America facilities to monitor the entire manufacturing process from the purchase of environmentally-friendly materials to the disposal and recycling of waste.
Contact
Media Inquiries:
4747 N. Channel Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 745-8066 phone
(503) 745-5996 fax

For General Inquiries:
4747 N. Channel Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 745-8000