- New 204,000 square-foot facility to be ready by Summer 2008 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Daimler Financial Services Americas (DCFS USA LLC) today announced plans to re-engineer the company based on its new, smaller structure, which will result in better support to dealers and their customers. The company will expand its current Westlake, Texas, Customer Service, Collections and Remarketing operations of the Mercedes-Benz Financial business unit to include similar disciplines for the Daimler Truck Financial business unit by next summer. The present employee base of approximately 440 at the Texas location will be expanded to include an additional 180 positions from the Daimler Truck Financial operations in Lisle, Ill. and another 35 employees from several Mercedes-Benz Financial locations around the United States. As a result, those employees will be moving into a brand new three-story, 204,000 square-foot facility next summer in a Hillwood development near Ft. Worth, Texas. "The de-merger has given us the opportunity to take a clean sheet of paper approach to our operations and re-engineer the way we serve our dealers and retail customers in the U.S. market," said Klaus Entenmann, President & CEO of Daimler Financial Services Americas. "Co-locating the customer service and dealer credit operations of our two business units -- Mercedes-Benz Financial and Daimler Truck Financial -- will create a learning environment for our employees that will lead to professional growth opportunities. We need everyone to join us in this transition as we are focused on growing our business and building strong brand identities in this very competitive environment," he added. As a result of the de-merger, Daimler Financial Services Americas has emerged as a new company with new U.S. headquarters in Farmington Hills, Mich. Now it is concentrating on growing and servicing its loan portfolio which comes from its business units' support of the sales of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and Freightliner, Sterling and Western Star heavy duty trucks. Entenmann said these evolving changes will foster sharing of best practices and building upon the high level of service to dealers and their customers. He cited Mercedes-Benz Financial winning two J.D. Power & Associates awards in the Dealer Financing survey this year and Daimler Truck Financial scoring the highest among captive finance sources in the annual American Truck Dealers (ATD) satisfaction survey as examples of the company's already high service levels. About Daimler Financial Services Americas (DCFS USA LLC) Daimler Financial Services Americas (DCFS USA LLC) provides brand-specific financing for Mercedes-Benz automotive dealers' inventories and their retail customers, and conducts business in the United States luxury car market as Mercedes-Benz Financial. In the U.S. trucking industry, Daimler Financial Services Americas conducts business as Daimler Truck Financial and finances Daimler commercial vehicle products such as Freightliner, Sterling and Western Star for dealers and their customers in the fleet, vocational, municipal and owner/operator segments. Daimler Financial Services Americas serves as the headquarters for operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, and has approximately 1,600 employees. Daimler Financial Services Americas is a company of the Daimler Financial Services Group, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, which operates in nearly 40 countries with an employee base of close to 6,800. Daimler Financial Services is one of the leading financial services organizations worldwide. DATASOURCE: Daimler Financial Services Americas CONTACT: Jack Ferry, +1-248-991-6610, Cell +1-248-761-3233, ; or James Ryan, +1-248-991-6600, Cell +1-248-790-5100, , both for Daimler Financial Services Americas Web site: http://www.daimlerchryslerfinancialservices.com/na

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