SCANIA INDIA : - Scania starts City- Bus and Coach production in India

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.

SCANIA PLANT AT NARASAPURA

TIPPERS LINED UP FOR THE INAUGURATION FUNCTION

Trucks are also assembled at the plant in Narasapura

SCANIA TECHNICIAN AT WORK