Scania annual report 2002

customers. In the Nordic market, which accounts for
one-third of Scania’s bus sales in Europe, Scania
chose to keep prices up. The effect was lower
volume in most markets. The exception was Finland,
where Scania strengthened its position and again
became the market leader.
Industrial and marine engines
So far, the market for industrial and marine engines
in Europe has proved relatively insensitive to economic
cycles. Scania’s deliveries rose somewhat
during the year, to 1,919 (1,906) engines. Among
others, the Spanish market showed a sharp
increase.
During the year, Scania delivered the first marine
16-litre V8 engines, which were installed in the
Swedish Sea Rescue Society’s new boat “Gad
Rausing”.
Tatiana Kotovaja
Baltikstar
St. Petersburg, Russia
Baltikstar is a privately owned public
transport company in St. Petersburg. The
company previously operated about 100
minibuses. It recently bought seven Scania
OmniLink buses, with bodies built at
Scania’s bus factory in St. Petersburg.
Among its routes, Baltikstar provides
service along the famous boulevard
Nevsky Prospekt. Every year the company
carries two million passengers in the
St. Petersburg area. Baltikstar’s Managing
Director is Tatiana Kotovaya.
“When we expand our business, we
always listen to what our customers are saying. It became increasingly
clear that they wanted larger and more efficient vehicles. After thorough
market studies, our choice was Scania OmniLink, since Scania offered us
the best solution. The high quality level and environmental factors played
a large role in our choice of buses.
Today we are really proud to be able to serve central St. Petersburg
with such beautiful buses, and we look forward to continuing to expand
our operations together with Scania.”
Registrations of trucks and buses
TRUCKS above 16 tonnes 2002 2001 2000
Western Europe
total 211,687 234,855 243,669
of which Scania 28,524 31,787 37,906
Great Britain 31,055 33,079 32,498
of which Scania 5,050 5,137 6,743
France 40,483 46,158 47,124
of which Scania 3,871 4,281 4,963
Germany 43,528 50,926 57,470
of which Scania 3,628 4,246 5,793
Italy 25,813 24,481 25,526
of which Scania 3,358 3,304 3,356
Spain 25,512 26,218 25,291
of which Scania 3,171 3,176 3,646
The Netherlands 11,488 13,655 14,072
of which Scania 1,958 2,410 3,150
Sweden 4,054 4,261 4,680
of which Scania 1,907 2,040 2,358
BUSES above 12 tonnes 2002 2001 2000
Western Europe
total 22,326 23,497 23,529
of which Scania 1,626 1,670 1,474
Spain 2,247 2,544 2,207
of which Scania 394 423 364
Italy 2,969 3,843 3,044
of which Scania 347 293 197
Great Britain 2,600 2,826 3,239
of which Scania 188 178 191
Finland 269 213 366
of which Scania 159 110 139
Sweden 896 816 1,039
of which Scania 153 205 223
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