Scania receives new order for environmental buses
Scania has received orders for a total of 98 buses valued at approximately SEK150 million. The customers are Stockholm Transport (SL), which will purchase 75 of the vehicles, and the western Swedish Buss i Väst company, which will buy the remaining 23.
SL continues to pursue its policy of investing in environmental city buses and
most of the new vehicles - 47 in fact - will be Scania MaxCi ethanol-powered
models.
The new orders mean that SL, which already operates the largest fleet of ethanol
buses in the world, will have about 180 vehicles of this type in service by the end of
1996. Almost all of the company's ethanol-powered models are Scanias.
In terms of emissions, ethanol buses comply comfortably with Euro 2 - the EU truck
and bus emission control standard which will come into force this October. This
means that the vehicles also meet the environmental standards established by the
City of Stockholm for the purpose of creating a 'green' zone in the centre of the capital.
"To Scania, the order is significant as an acknowledgement of the competitiveness
of our environmental buses," comments Leif Nyström, head of Bus Marketing for the
Nordic region.
In parallel with the SL order, Scania has received an order for a further 23 urban
and suburban buses from Buss i Väst, a cooperative of bus operators in western
Sweden. In the face of tough competition, this company recently won the contract to
provide public transport services in Skaraborg province, creating a demand for new
buses. Most of the bus chassis on order will be used in scheduled services.
"In production terms, the order will maintain the high loading at our Katrineholm
plant," says Leif Nyström. "although we do not envisage new recruitment. Most of
the buses are scheduled for delivery this autumn and early next year."
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For further information, please contact:
Leif Nyström
Head of Bus Marketing, Nordic region
Scania Buses & Coaches
Tel. +46 150 585 39 or +46 70 566 53 61
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Internet: http://www.scania.com
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Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy
transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. With 22,000 employees
and production facilities in Europe and Latin America, Scania is one of the most
profitable companies in its sector. In 1995, turnover totalled approx. SEK 34,800
million and profits after depreciation approx. SEK 4,800 million. Scania products are
marketed in about 100 countries worldwide and approximately 95% of total
production is sold outside Sweden. Bus manufacture takes place in Sweden, Brazil,
Denmark and Poland.