Scania AB specializes in developing and manufacturing vehicles. Scania’s sales and service organization shall supply customers with vehicles and services. The company is geographically divided into five parts: western Europe, central and eastern Europe, Asia, America and other markets.
The company operates in approximately 100 countries. Its corporate purchasing department is supplemented by local procurement offices in Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, China and Russia. Production...
Scania AB specializes in developing and manufacturing vehicles. Scania’s sales and service organization shall supply customers with vehicles and services. The company is geographically divided into five parts: western Europe, central and eastern Europe, Asia, America and other markets.
The company operates in approximately 100 countries. Its corporate purchasing department is supplemented by local procurement offices in Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, China and Russia. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America.
Segments
The company’s primary segments are Vehicles and Services plus Financial Services.
Trucks: The company develops, manufactures and sells trucks with a gross weight of approximately 16 tonnes (Class 8), intended for long distance, construction and distribution haulage, as well as public services. During 2008, the company delivered 66,516 new trucks to customers.
Buses and Coaches: The company concentrates on buses and coaches with high passenger capacity for use as tourist coaches and in intercity and urban traffic. Bus and coach operations focus on delivering fully-built vehicles based on Scania components to customers. During 2008, Scania delivered 7,277 buses and coaches.
Engines: Industrial and marine engines from Scania Engines are used in electric generator sets (gensets), construction and agricultural machinery, as well as in ships and pleasure boats. Most deliveries are industrial engines. During 2008, Scania delivered 6,671 engines.
Services: Scania’s range of service-related products supports transport and logistics companies in their business operations. These service-related products encompass everything from parts, maintenance agreements and round the clock workshop services on various continents to driver training and IT support for vehicle performance data and transport planning.
Strategic Alliances
In November 2009, Scania AB has signed a collaborative memorandum to develop new technology for ethanol- and gas-powered industrial engines with Vale Solucoes em Energia SA (VSE) for the Brazilian market.
History
Scania AB was founded in 1891.