Freightliner

A heavy truck subsidiary of German automaker Daimler says slipping customer demand is behind its plans to cut 100 jobs at a South Carolina plant. Freightliner LLC will reduce operations at its Gaffney plant to one shift next month. The recent cuts follow intermittent shutdowns at the plant in February, as the company brought in only "essential" employees required for work in an effort to hedge losses and save jobs. A trade group says RV shipments dropped 9.5 percent last year, after five years of record growth.