other than straight freight hauling — including fire trucks, garbage trucks, dump trucks, concrete mixers, tanker trucks, and snowplows. Discontinuation On October 14, 2008, Daimler Trucks North America announced a plan to discontinue the Sterling product line in an effort to consolidate its North American truck manufacturing operations under the Freightliner and Western Star brands. The company stopped taking orders for new trucks in January 2009, the St. Thomas manufacturing plant closed in March 2009, and the Portland, Oregon, plant was closed in June 2010. Models From 1997 to 2009, Sterling produced several lines of trucks. Within Daimler-Benz, the Sterling product range was slotted between the Freightliner and Western Star product lines. Through much of its existence, the Sterling product range served as continuation of the second-generation Ford Louisville/AeroMax conventional product line (introduced in 1996). Sterling 360 – a rebadged Mitsubishi Fuso medium-duty cabover sold as the Fuso FE model in the U.S. and Canada and the Fuso Canter in Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand A line – set back Acterra - (1999-2009) Class 5-8 medium-duty, using L-line cab with Freightliner Business Class chassis. Bullet – a cab/chassis model based on the third generation Dodge Ram 4500/5500 platform Condor - rebadged Freightliner cab. Was used commonly on garbage trucks. L line – set back, set forward See also Freightliner Trucks Western Star Trucks References External links Sterling Trucks official website Defunct truck manufacturers of the United States Daimler Truck Motor vehicle assembly plants in Canada Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1997 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2008 Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit