Otto Schmid Appointed Mitsubishi Fuso’s Director, Product Management
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Logan Township, NJ — Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has named Otto Schmid its new Director, Product Management. Schmid has worked for the past eight years for Daimler AG in Germany and Japan, in various corporate and engineering functions.
According to Jecka Glasman, MFTA’s president and CEO, “We are looking forward to having Otto on our team. He has already worked on several projects with MFTA, and brings to his new position proven expertise in diesel engines, coupled with vast experience as a powertrain engineer. He has also served as an auditor, reviewing and analyzing a number of worldwide research and development projects.”
Schmid comes to MFTA directly from his position as NAFTA Project Lead at Customer Services for Daimler Trucks Asia, MFTA’s parent company. Prior to that assignment, he served for three years as Lead Field Auditor in Research and Development for Daimler AG at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. In his new role, Schmid will be based at MFTA’s headquarters in Logan Township, NJ.
To learn more about Mitsubishi Fuso and its commercial work trucks, visit www.mitfuso.com.
About Mitsubishi Fuso
Headquartered in Logan Township, NJ, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Kawasaki, Japan, an integral part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG. With a heritage of 30 years in North America, MFTA is focused on delivering trucks with the lowest cost-of-ownership in their class. Its Class 3-5 diesel-powered, medium-duty cabover trucks are available through more than 200 dealer locations throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. More than 100,000 Mitsubishi Fuso standard, 4-wheel-drive and crew cab trucks have been sold in North America to fulfill the transportation needs of a wide variety of businesses and industries, including beverage, catering, refrigerated and dry cargo delivery fleets, vehicle recovery, towing, pest control, plumbing, light construction and landscaping. For more information, visit www.mitfuso.com, follow FusoTruck on Twitter, or like FusoTruck on Facebook.
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For more information:
Bryan C. Allen
Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc.
856-467-3965
MFTA_Marketing@daimler.com
