DTNA (Daimler Trucks North America) announced on Thursday that it would be expanding the production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C. by adding a second shift. The company estimates that this change will almost double their daily production of trucks and that it will create over 1,100 new jobs.

Daimler Trucks exclusively produces Class-8 on-highway truck models at this plant but it will also be bringing 100 new jobs to its Components and Logistics plant in neighboring Gastonia.

The increased production of these freight trucks is good news for the local economy—which will receive over 1,200 new jobs because of the company’s expansion. It’s also good news for the national economy which continues to benefit from the national transport of commodities via freight trucks.