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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1942 (as Freightliner Inc) |
| Founder | Leland James |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Key people | John O'Leary, CEO |
| Products | Commercial Vehicles, Luxury vehicles |
| Owner | Daimler Truck |
| Parent | Daimler Truck North America |
| Website | freightliner |
Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer.[1] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation.[2] Owned by Daimler AG from 1981 to 2021, Freightliner is now a part of Daimler Truck subsidiary Daimler Truck North America (along with Western Star, Detroit Diesel, and Thomas Built Buses).[3]
Freightliner produces a range of vans, medium-duty trucks, and heavy-duty trucks;[1] under its Freightliner Custom Chassis subsidiary, the company produces bare chassis and cutaway chassis for multiple types of vehicles. The company popularized the use of cabover (COE) semitractors, with the Freightliner Argosy later becoming the final example of the type sold in North America.
The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon (the city of its founding); vehicles are currently manufactured in Cleveland, North Carolina, and Mount Holly, North Carolina, and Santiago Tianguistenco and Saltillo, Mexico.[4]
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