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AB Scania-Vabis & Scania Bussar AB, Katrineholm & Södertälje (Sverige) |
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Nationalitet: Koncern: Scania AB Firmaet grundlagt: 1900 Produktion 1998: 46.179 lastvogne og 4.557 busser Internetadresse: www.scania.com Firmaets postadresse: Scania Trucks (Scania AB), S-15187 Södertälje, Sverige, tlf. +46-8-55 38 10 00 |
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The company was founded in 1900 as Maskinfabriks AB Scania in the town of Malmö in southern Sweden. Scania is Latin for the province of Skåne. In 1911 Scania merged with another automobile and truck manufacturer, Vagnsfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje (VABIS) of Södertälje in mid-east Sweden, to form AB Scania-Vabis. After the Second World War, Scania-Vabis imported Volkswagen cars, under the banner of "Svenska Volkswagen AB". In 1969 Scania-Vabis merged with SAAB, to form Saab-Scania AB. At this time, the Volkswagen subsidiary was renamed "V.A.G. Sverige AB". When the SAAB-SCANIA corporation was split in 1995 the name of the truck and bus division changed to Scania AB. In 1999, Volvo attempted to buy Scania using some of the cash received from the Ford buyout of Volvo Cars, however the European Union blocked this as the merged corporation would have had a virtual monopoly on heavy trucks in northern Europe. As of June 30, 2006, the largest shareholder in Scania AB was the German automaker Volkswagen AG, owning 18.7% of the capital and 34.0% of the voting stock. Scania produces only heavy trucks (i.e. over 16 metric tonnes or Class 8 in the US) and heavy buses (over 12 tonnes), and is the world’s third largest make in these two segments. Scania exports its trucks and buses to over 70 countries. They are regarded as more high tech than others in their class. Scania places great emphasis on technology, fuel efficiency and low emission. Scania-Vabis and later Scania also manufactured trucks outside Sweden, in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Korea, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Zimbabwe and (temporarily) in the USA. Many examples of Scania, Vabis and Scania-Vabis commercial and military vehicles can be seen at the Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (the Scania Museum) in Södertälje (kilde: Wikipedia)
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Scania AB is a leading European manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and diesel engines, based in Södertälje, Sweden.
