Daimler Trucks opens second Mexico plant
Saltillo, Mexico. While some might call the decision to open an all-new $300-million truck plant in this economic environment “muy loco,” it is “the right investment at the right time in the right place,” according to Andreas Renschler, the head of Daimler Trucks and board member of parent Daimler AG. The Saltillo plant was designed to showcase all of the company’s benchmark truck manufacturing processes and to lead in efforts to “create expertise for our global operations,” he said at opening ceremonies on Friday.
Operated by Daimler Trucks North America, the new plant has begun building Freightliner Cascadia tractors at a ramp-up rate of just eight trucks a day for export to the U.S., but has the capacity to produce 30,000 trucks a year on two shifts and room to expand on its 740-acre site.
DTNA already has another heavy- and medium-duty truck plant in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico with similar capacity building trucks for the North American and Latin American markets.
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