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{{Infobox_Company |
[[Image:Scania.png|right|200px|Scania Logo]]
company_name = Scania AB|
company_logo = [[Image:Scania.png]] |
company_type = [[Public company|Public]] ([[Xetra (trading system)|Xetra]]: []) |
company_slogan = |
foundation = [[1900]]|
location = [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]] |
key_people = Chairman of the Supervisory Board: [[Bernd Pischetsrieder]]; President, CEO, and Director: Leif Östling; Group VP and CFO: Jan Gurander |
num_employees = 28,500 ([[2005]]) |
industry = [[Manufacturing]]|
products = [[Commerce|commercial]] [[vehicle]]s, [[Diesel]] engines |
revenue = {{profit}} [[Euro|€]] 8.5 [[billion]] ([[2005]]) |
homepage = [http://www.scania.com/ www.scania.com]
}}

[[Image:220505_scania.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A vintage Scania truck (L80 successor to the Scania-Vabis L56)]]
[[Image:220505_scania.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A vintage Scania truck (L80 successor to the Scania-Vabis L56)]]
'''Scania''' [[Aktiebolag|AB]] is a leading [[Europe|European]] [[manufacturer]] of heavy [[truck]]s (''[[British English]]: lorries''), [[bus]]es, and [[diesel engine]]s, based in [[Södertälje]], [[Sweden]].
'''Scania''' [[Aktiebolag|AB]] is a leading [[Europe|European]] [[manufacturer]] of heavy [[truck]]s (''[[British English]]: lorries''), [[bus]]es, and [[diesel engine]]s, based in [[Södertälje]], [[Sweden]].

Revision as of 06:15, 18 September 2006

Scania AB
Company typePublic (Xetra: [])
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1900
HeadquartersMalmö, Sweden
Key people
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Bernd Pischetsrieder; President, CEO, and Director: Leif Östling; Group VP and CFO: Jan Gurander
Productscommercial vehicles, Diesel engines
RevenueIncrease € 8.5 billion (2005)
Number of employees
28,500 (2005)
Websitewww.scania.com
A vintage Scania truck (L80 successor to the Scania-Vabis L56)

Scania AB is a leading European manufacturer of heavy trucks (British English: lorries), buses, and diesel engines, based in Södertälje, Sweden.

The company was founded in 1900 as Maskinfabriks AB Scania in the town of Malmö in southern Sweden. Scania is Latin for the province of Skåne. In 1911 Scania merged with another automobile and truck manufacturer, Vagnsfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje (VABIS) of Södertälje in mid-east Sweden, to form AB Scania-Vabis. After the Second World War, Scania-Vabis imported Volkswagen cars, under the banner of "Svenska Volkswagen AB". In 1969 Scania-Vabis merged with SAAB, to form Saab-Scania AB. At this time, the Volkswagen subsidiary was renamed "V.A.G. Sverige AB".

When the SAAB-SCANIA corporation was split in 1995 the name of the truck and bus division changed to Scania AB.

In 1999, Volvo attempted to buy Scania using some of the cash received from the Ford buyout of Volvo Cars, however the European Union blocked this as the merged corporation would have had a virtual monopoly on heavy trucks in northern Europe. As of June 30, 2006, the largest shareholder in Scania AB was the German automaker Volkswagen AG, owning 18.7% of the capital and 34.0% of the voting stock.

Scania produces only heavy trucks (i.e. over 16 metric tonnes or Class 8 in the US) and heavy buses (over 12 tonnes), and is the world’s third largest make in these two segments.

Scania exports its trucks and buses to over 70 countries. They are regarded as more high tech than others in their class. Scania places great emphasis on technology, fuel efficiency and low emission.

Scania-Vabis and later Scania also manufactured trucks outside Sweden, in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Korea, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Zimbabwe and (temporarily) in the USA.

Many examples of Scania, Vabis and Scania-Vabis commercial and military vehicles can be seen at the Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (the Scania Museum) in Södertälje.

Products

Scania T113H. The production of the bonneted T-models ended in October 2005. [1]
Scania R470 truck
Scania CR85
An Alexander-bodied Scania N113 in Hong Kong
An Alexander-bodied Scania L113 in Singapore

Current

Buses

Trucks/Special vehicles

  • P-series
  • R-series

Historical

Buses

  • BF80 series
  • BF110/CF110 series
  • BR110/CR110 series
  • BF111 series
  • BR111/CR111 series (BR111DH was built as Metropolitan in UK)
  • BR112/CR112 series
  • BR85/CR85 series
  • BR145/CR145 series
  • BF86 series
  • BR86 series
  • BR116 series
  • F82 series
  • K82 series
  • S82 series
  • K92 series
  • F112 series
  • K112 series
  • N112 series
  • S112 series
  • F93 series
  • K93 series
  • F113 series
  • K113 series
  • L113 series
  • N113 series
  • S113 series

Trucks/Special vehicles

  • L series
  • LB series
  • G93/G113
  • P93/P113
  • R93/R113/R143
  • T93/T113/T143
  • P94/P114/P124
  • R94/R114/R124/R144/R164
  • T114/T124/T144/T164
  • T-series - successor of 4-series T-models

See also

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