Patterson to Take the Wheel at Freightliner, Schmueckle Moves to Mercedes Car Group

DaimlerChrysler announced Saturday that Chris Patterson has been named head of Business Unit Trucks NAFTA

(Freightliner, Sterling, Thomas Built Buses) within the Commercial Vehicles Division of DaimlerChrysler AG as well as president and chief executive officer of Freightliner LLC.
Patterson will replace Rainer E. Schmueckle who has been made chief operating officer of the Mercedes Car Group, effective April 15, 2005.