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Also known as DAF Trucks, DAF Trucks (Netherlands)

Netherlands branch of American manufacturer Paccar

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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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Type
Company
Founded
1928
Location
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Status
Active

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Official website
daf.com
Image
DAF truck at the DAF museum.JPG
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inception
1928-04-01
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DAF
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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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