In 2011, Scania completes 100 years of its existence, and the company has taken the important decision to enlarge its presence in the Indian commercial vehicle market.
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy trucks, buses, and industrial and marine engines. In 2010, it clocked a turnover of 8,700 million euro by selling 56,837 trucks, 6,876 buses and 6,526 engines. Operating in more than 100 countries, Europe is the company’s main market, accounting for 39 per cent of its sales. Latin America accounts for 32 per cent, Asia 19 per cent, Africa and Oceania five per cent each and Euroasia four per cent.
Scania entered India in 2007 in partnership with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for selling its high-end tippers in the Indian mining market. The company currently offers Scania P380, a 380hp tipper truck for mining applications. Till date the company has sold over 600 tipper trucks in India. Currently these trucks are imported as fully-built units with the tipper bodies being sourced locally. After a careful study of the Indian market and the potential it offers for high-performance trucks and buses, Scania has taken the next big step of setting up an
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