According to a recently concluded purchasing agreement, Scania has been commissioned to supply 91 trucks to the Finnish Defence Forces during 2009 and 2010. The deal also includes a five-year repair and maintenance agreement and an option for another 197 vehicles within a 4-year period.
At present, Scania is planning to invest in boosting the proficiency of its production employees instead of issuing lay-off notices due to low demand. In Sweden, employees will alternate between work and training days. Similar efforts are planned at the company’s other European production units and in South America. In Sweden, the scale of these training efforts will be determined, among other things, by the programmes for human resource development in the heavy vehicle industry that the Stockholm County Administrative Board intends to implement.
