Daimler to Close Portland Manufacturing Facility, Lay Off 375 Employees

Portland’s Freightliner truck production ends after 84 years as company shifts manufacturing

Portland’s 84-year run of manufacturing Freightliner trucks is coming to an end in October as Daimler Truck North America shuts down two production lines on Swan Island and shifts manufacturing to its factories in North and South Carolina.

Daimler to close Portland manufacturing facility, lay off 375 employees

Daimler Truck North America announced it will close its Portland manufacturing facility and lay off nearly 400 employees.

Daimler to move truck manufacturing from Portland to Carolinas

The company said about 375 of 3,000 Portland area employees will be affected.

Daimler shuttering Portland plant, plans to lay off 375

The move comes just after the company revealed its new Swan Island engineering center.

Daimler Truck will shut Portland factory, lay off 375

The decision to shutter the factories ends 84 years of truck manufacturing in Portland, dating to Freightliner's founding in 1942.

Daimler Truck to end production in Portland, eliminate 375 jobs

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