Scania is ranked among the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations, according to Corporate Knights Global 100 list. The list, which was announced at the Davos World Economic Forum, includes companies from 22 countries encompassing all sectors of the economy.
Scania’s earnings for the full year amounted to SEK 12,398 m. Higher vehicle and service volume was offset by a significantly stronger Swedish krona, a higher cost level and a changed market mix.
Scania is planning to invest a total of about SEK 200 million in an industrial facility in Bangalore during the coming year.
Scania is named one of the Top 100 Global Innovators by information provider Thomson Reuters. Scania was recognised for its innovative technology and commercialisation of its inventions.
With the Scania Dealer Locator app in your smartphone you can easily find the Scania dealers and workshops closest to your current location, on a radar, anywhere in the world.
Anna Pernestål, Scania Research and Development, has been selected as Sweden’s Woman of the Year in Technology 2011. Her burning interest in technology and skills in solving problems were cited as decisive for the award. The prize is given by the defence and security company Saab. She presently works as Project Manager for Scania’s new maintenance concept.
A group of Chinese motor journalists, who primarily cover the passenger car industry, recently visited Scania to learn more about trucks and heavy vehicles.
At Scania, environmental issues have been important since the mid 1970s. Since then, Scania has continuously worked to reduce the environmental impact from not only its own operations but also from the trucks, buses and engines that the company manufactures.
Scania is investing about SEK 1.5 billion in order to boost production capacity from 100,000 to 120,000 vehicles per year. This is the first step towards a technical capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year by the next peak in demand, says Anders Nielsen, Head of Production and Logistics.
Scania’s earnings for the first half of 2011 amounted to SEK 6,652 m. Higher vehicle and service volume was offset by a significantly stronger Swedish krona, a higher cost level and an altered market mix.
