Book 1.indb - Scania

IN BRIEF
Weak demand for
buses and coaches
Scania Production Slupsk, in Poland, is issuing
redundancy notices to 142 employees due to
continued weak demand for buses and coaches
for public transport in the most important markets
for Scania’s fully-built buses in the Omni
range. Various support programmes have been
developed in consultations between the company
and the trade unions that for instance will
offer the affected employees the possibility of
early retirement and redundancy payment.
“The economic situation in our most important
markets is showing no sign of improvement,
which means that we expect continued
weak demand for public transport buses in the
coming year. Therefore, we have to adjust production
to significantly lower volume,” says Klas
Dahlberg, Senior Vice President, Scania Buses
& Coaches.
The facility in Słupsk, with close to 700 employees,
is the hub of Scania’s European production
of fully-built (bodied) buses for public transport.
The Scania OmniCity and OmniLink models are
bodyworked here. Chassis for the Scania OmniCity
are also assembled in Słupsk. These chassis are
also delivered to other, independent bus bodybuilders
in Europe, Africa and Asia.
editor: erik aronsson photos: scania
Martin Lundstedt named new CEO
The Board of Directors of Scania has appointed
Martin Lundstedt the new President and Chief
Executive Officer of Scania AB. He takes up his
new position on 1 September 2012 and succeeds
Leif Östling, who has been appointed a member
of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG.
Martin Lundstedt, born in 1967, has a Master
of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and
Management and is currently Scania’s Executive
Vice President and Head of Franchise and
Factory Sales. He joined the company in 1992 and
has held various senior positions including head
of Scania’s industrial operations in France from
2001 to 2005 and Senior Vice President, Trucks
until 2007, when he assumed his current position.
Scania is well positioned, and Lundstedt sees
no reason to change the path Scania has chosen
in recent years.
Martin Lundstedt has
been appointed new
President and CEO of
Scania AB.
“We shall continue to be the Scania that our
customers appreciate, a small big company
working tightly together with them, always
keeping it simple and straightforward.”
The company’s core values remain in place
and the same goes for Scania’s strategies.
“We shall continue to be the premium choice
for all customers in the transport and engine
sectors all over the globe. And we will do that
by building on our strong portfolio of products
and services, in our modular system, and with
a strong emphasis on the sales and services
network.
“Being the premium choice means that
we are working as partners with our customers,
always providing the best return on their investments
over the life cycle of these products.”
First Euro 6
municipal vehicle
Scania exhibited the world’s first fully
equipped Euro 6 sewer cleaner vehicle at
the IFAT ENTSORGA trade show, held in
Munich, Germany in May. Scania’s modular
product system made the design possible,
also showing that Scania’s Euro 6 engines can
be specified for virtually any application on
the market.
“Assembling such a complicated superstructure
on Scania’s Euro 6 chassis was really
easy,” says Brian Stage, CEO of Danish-based
bodybuilder J Hvitved Larsen A/S. “The
superstructure is identical to the one we use
for Euro 5 vehicles, which is a major benefit
from a cost- and lead-time standpoint.”
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