Scania deliveries (corrected version)
Deliveries of Scania trucks during the period January through November 1998 increased by 8 percent.
Deliveries, number of trucks
Jan-Nov 1998
Jan-Nov 1997
Change %
- Western Europe
29,377
23,975
23
- Central and eastern Europe
2,136
1,752
22
- Latin America
7,214
8,887
-19
- Asia
1,173
2,764
-58
- Other markets
1,460
888
64
Total
41,360
38,266
8
3,764 (4,204) buses and 2,513 (2,762) industrial and marine engines were delivered during the period.
The order intake from western Europe is stable, but is declining in central and eastern Europe. The activity in the Far East remains low.
In Latin America the market is weak. The adaptation of production rates to the lower demand continues at Scania’s units in Latin America.
For further information, please contact:
Louise Jarn Melander, Communications and Public Affairs
Tel +46 8 5538 1212, mobile +46 70 607 60 30
Magnus Hahn, Investor Relations
Tel +46 8 5538 3510, mobile +46 70 551 79 03
Oscar Stjerngren, Investor Relations
Tel +46 8 5538 3657, mobile +46 70 598 36 58