Daimler marks a big milestone in Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — The German company that makes the Freightliner New Cascadia, most of which are assembled in a huge Rowan County plant, has delivered 50,000 of the trucks since production started 19 months ago.

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That 50,000th truck went to a local firm, Cargo Transporters of Claremont in Catawba County. It is one of 120 New Cascadias in the fleet of 550 Freightliners for Cargo Transporters.