The head of Daimler’s global truck operation believes the upcoming restructuring into a separate company positions it to accelerate growth in terms of both innovation and financial opportunity.
“I was pushing for this for years and finally it came. It’s a dream come true,” said Martin Daum, head of Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler Trucks, in an exclusive interview with Transport Topics.
Parent company Daimler AG on Feb. 3 announced that its truck and car divisions would split in two, with the car division being renamed Mercedes-Benz and the truck and bus unit becoming Daimler Truck AG. Both would be individually traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
