Daimler Trucks Unit to Cut Up to 2,100 Posts to Boost Profit
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Daimler AG, the world’s largest truckmaker, plans to eliminate as many as 2,100 positions at its commercial-vehicles unit to improve profitability.
Daimler is negotiating with the United Auto Workers union to cut as many as 1,300 factory jobs in North America, Bernd Weber, a spokesman for the Stuttgart, Germany-based company, said today in a telephone interview. The manufacturer will also slash 800 non-production posts in Germany, he said, confirming comments that Andreas Renschler, who runs the division, made in an interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper.