DTNA Begins Construction of New Logistics Facility at Truck Plant
Daimler Trucks North America in August broke ground to build a modern logistics center at its Cleveland, N.C., truck manufacturing plant that will help the company improve manufacturing targets, it said.
The new center, expected to be completed early in 2019, represents a $27 million investment, according to Portland, Ore.-based DTNA.
The Cleveland facility, with more than 1,400 employees, produces Freightliner and Western Star Class 8 models for sale in North America, along with the Freightliner Columbia and Argosy cab-over-engine models for the export market, the company said. DTNA said the expansion is expected to add “multiple new jobs.”
“DTNA is committed long-term to doing business in Cleveland, and this is our next step toward continued manufacturing excellence involving end-to-end logistics,” Henning Bruns, Cleveland truck manufacturing plant manager, said in a statement. “This is an important investment that helps further our commitment to efficiency in all our processes, which benefits both our employees and our customers.”
DTNA is a unit of Daimler AG.
