Heavy Duty Trucking, September 2018
HDT SEPTEMBER 2018 20 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM Daimler restructuring aims to keep pace with the times Germany based truck and passenger vehicle manufacturer Daimler AG announced board approval of a new corporate structure on July 26 If approved by shareholders the new arrangement will consist of three independent entities Mercedes Benz AG Hotlineglobal TRUCKINGS WORLDWIDE BUSINESS REPORT Daimler Truck AG and Daimler Mobility AG All three will operate under the main Daimler AG umbrella Under the new structure Daimler plans to give its divisions greater entrepreneurial freedom position them even closer to their markets and customers while empowering them to enter partnerships more easily and quickly the company said in a statement Once the new structure has been fully implemented the Daimler Trucks and Buses division under the leadership of Daimler Truck AG will have around 100000 employees worldwide according to the company The Mercedes Benz Cars and Vans division under the leadership of Mercedes Benz AG will have around 175000 employees worldwide Already a legally independent entity Daimler Financial Services AG will be called Daimler Mobility AG under the new scheme Daimler had revealed it was considering the new structure back in October The company had indicated the scheme would make it more responsive to rapidly changing marketplace developments The company said the goal of restructuring would be to have its global car and truck divisions take on greater entrepreneurial responsibility At the time Bodo Uebber responsible for Daimler Finance Controlling and Daimler Financial Services said in a statement that the company needs to be as close as possible to our customers pulse but also to be able to react as quickly and flexibly as possible to market developments and a fundamentally changing competitive environment Also last year Dieter Zetsche chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes Benz Cars observed that the company was facing an exceptional challenge On the one hand we are more successful than ever before on the other hand our business is changing like never before Whoever aims for sustainable competitiveness and profitability must continuously evolve and adapt to rapidly changing sur THE ONLY OEM FACTORY INSTALLED BATTERY OPERATED NO IDLE SYSTEM nitesystem com 2390 Blackhawk Road Rockford IL 61109
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