industry automotive founded 1952 defunct 2009 headquarters redford township michigan u.s. products trucks owner daimler ag parent daimler trucks north america website sterlingtrucks.com sterling trucks corporation commonly designated sterling was an american truck manufacturer headquartered in redford township michigan usa and a subsidiary of daimler trucks north america llc itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the german daimler ag . it was originally the heavy truck division of ford motor company but was purchased and rebranded in 1997 . 1 headquartered in detroit michigan its conventional trucks were built in st. thomas ontario . sterling brand trucks were sold in the united states canada mexico australia and new zealand . on october 14 2008 daimler trucks north america announced a plan to discontinue the sterling product line in an effort to consolidate its north american truck manufacturing operations under the freightliner and western star brands . the company stopped taking orders for new trucks in january 2009 the st. thomas manufacturing plant closed in march 2009 and the portland oregon plant was closed in june 2010 . 2 contents 1 history 2 models 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit a street cleaning truck in seattle by the original sterling company the sterling name was originally used by an independent truck manufacturer bought by the white motor co. in about 1953 . it was retired two years later . although technically the property of the white motor co. and conveyed to its successor volvo white motor co. which evolved into volvo trucks north america the trademark had lain dormant so long that there were no grounds for objection when daimler benz subsidiary freightliner whose trucks were distributed by white from the 1950s through 1975 resurrected it to supplant the ford blue oval on their hn80 aeromax family of trucks after the purchase . sterling built class 8 tractors as well as a range of medium and heavy duty cab chassis vehicles . with bodies added by third party upfitters body builders these cab chassis vehicles were used for freight distribution as well as heavy vocational uses such as construction snow plowing and refuse collection . in the last few years of operation the company also marketed light medium duty cab chassis vehicles manufactured by mitsubishi fuso sterling 360 models and dodge sterling bullet models . these were typically outfitted with bodies suitable for use as lighter vocational trucks those designed to perform jobs other than straight freight hauling including fire trucks garbage trucks dump trucks concrete mixers tanker trucks and snowplows . models edit sterling hx9500 mbe sterling bullet sterling 360 a rebadged mitsubishi fuso medium duty cabover sold as the fuso fe model in the u.s. and canada and the fuso canter in europe asia australia and new zealand 3 a line set back acterra used a ford lnt 9000 body bullet a cab chassis model based on the third generation dodge ram 4500 5500 platform 4 l line set back set forward see also edit united states portal trucks portal companies portal freightliner trucks western star trucks references edit daimler to close sterling trucks unit cut 3 500 jobs . retrieved 3 september 2009 . daimler trucks north america plans decisive response to changed economic environment . retrieved 18 june 2009 . new sterling 360 completes lineup . trailer bodybuilders.com . 2006 04 01 . retrieved 2012 03 01 . pickuptruck.com sterling bullet debuts at ntea work truck show . pickuptrucks.com . retrieved 2012 03 01 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sterling trucks . sterling trucks official website v t e daimler ag divisions and subsidiaries cars current mercedes benz mercedes amg mercedes maybach smart trucks and vans current bharatbenz freightliner manufacturing commercial vehicles master motors 80 % mercedes benz mitsubishi fuso truck and bus 85 % western star defunct american lafrance sterling trucks buses current bharatbenz freightliner manufacturing commercial vehicles master motors mercedes benz mitsubishi fuso truck and bus setra evobus thomas defunct orion motorsport mercedes amg petronas f1 team mercedes amg high performance powertrains other alliance truck parts car2go daimler financial services mercedes benz bank detroit diesel mercedes benz india mercedes benz mexico shareholdings and joint ventures automotive fuel cell cooperation 50.1 % beijing benz 50 % denza 50 % tognum ag 50 % fujian benz 50 % here 33 % eads 22.41 % kamaz 10 % mv agusta 25 % tesla motors 10 % tata motors 7 % aston martin 5 % predecessors benz & company 1883 1926 daimler motoren gesellschaft ag 1890 1926 daimler benz ag 1926 98 daimlerchrysler ag 1998 2007 technologies active cylinder control bluetec people wolfgang bernhard karlfried nordmann andreas renschler hans scherenberg j rgen e. schrempp karl wilfert joachim zahn dieter zetsche other daimlerchrysler mitsubishi alliance beiben truck category commons 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