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  2. 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]

  3. The Freightliner story begins with Leland James, the visionary president of Consolidated Freightways (CF). In the late 1920s, James recognized the inefficiencies in the heavy trucks used for long-distance haulage.

  4. Jun 21, 2017 · The first trucks were made in Consolidated Freightways factory in Salt Lake City in 1942, the same year the company became Freightliner. World War II stopped truck production temporarily at Freightliner, but by 1949 it was back in the truck making business in Portland, Ore.

  5. Oct 4, 2024 · The most popular semi-truck brand in the U.S. is Freightliner, a Daimler Truck subsidiary. Beginning as part of Consolidated Freightways in 1929, the OEM launched in the early 1940s.

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  6. On January 7, 2008, Freightliner LLC was renamed Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA), operating as the parent company of the Freightliner Trucks brand, alongside Sterling, Western Star, Detroit Diesel, and Thomas Built Buses.

  7. Sep 12, 2023 · Who makes Freightliner trucks?: History of Freightliner. During the early 1940s, Freightliner made a groundbreaking entry into the trucking industry by unveiling the world's first all-aluminum cab-over-engine (COE) truck. This remarkable innovation marked a pivotal moment in the history of commercial transportation.

  8. Freightliner Trucks was founded in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. While other truck companies explored numerous truck lines to provide a wide selection to their customers, Freightliner opted to stick with customizable heavy-duty and long-haul models.

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