DAF

Also known as DAF Trucks, DAF Trucks (Netherlands)

Netherlands branch of American manufacturer Paccar

Key facts

Company type: Subsidiary PLC , ( Naamloze vennootschap )
Industry: Manufacturing
Founded: 1928 ; 98 years ago ( 1928 )
Founder: Van Doorne brothers ( Hub and Wim )
Headquarters: Eindhoven , Netherlands
Key people: Harald Seidel (President) Ron Borsboom (Executive Director Product Development) Richard Zink (Director Marketing & Sales) Frans Nagtegaal (CEO)
Products: Trucks
Total equity: $ 1.7 billion
Parent: Paccar
Subsidiaries: Tatra Trucks (19%) DAF Trucks Australia
Website: www.daf.com

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DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. DAF originally stood for van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium. Some of the truck models sold with the DAF brand are designed and built by Leyland Trucks at its Leyland plant in the United Kingdom.

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