Tomorrow, Tuesday, Scania will inaugurate its bus and coach production
in Narasapura in the Indian state of Karnataka in the presence of the
Swedish and Indian transport ministers. Scania has so far invested about
SEK 400 million (EUR 40 m.) in Narasapura, where the company has also
been assembling trucks since 2013.
“The
inauguration of this bus production facility is an important milestone
for our Indian operations. The buses and coaches produced here will also
be exported to other regional markets in the future and even to the
rest of the world in the longer term,” says Scania’s President and CEO
Martin Lundstedt.
Scania’s
industrial operations in Narasapura, 40 km east of Bangalore, already
include final assembly of truck and bus chassis as well as bodybuilding
and fitting out of complete vehicles. The production of fully-built
long-distance coaches is already running. The city bus production will
begin shortly, and the first deliveries are planned by year-end. The
head office of Scania’s Indian subsidiary is also located in Narasapura,
as well as a service workshop and a central parts warehouse.
The
production facility is currently designed for
2,500 trucks and 1,000
buses per year and has 600 employees. Within the next five years, Scania
expects to
double capacity and to recruit a further 200 employees by
the end of 2017.
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| SCANIA PLANT AT NARASAPURA |
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| TIPPERS LINED UP FOR THE INAUGURATION FUNCTION |
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| Trucks are also assembled at the plant in Narasapura |
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| SCANIA TECHNICIAN AT WORK |
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