500 new jobs at Scania’s European production units

Scania is recruiting 500 new employees at its European production units to deal with the increased production rate planned for the fourth quarter of 2010. About half the new jobs will be in Sweden.

Scania is planning to speed up its production rate mainly because of the increase in demand from truck markets outside Europe. The European market is continuing to recover but remains at a low level in a historical perspective. 

Scania hired 500 people at its European production units earlier in 2010 as well − late during the first half. Despite the year’s recruitment rounds, the number of employees at these units will be lower than before the financial crisis.

“During 2009 our employees used the period of low capacity utilisation for training and to develop and improve our methods and ways of working. Thanks to these efforts, we have achieved substantially improved productivity,” says Anders Nielsen, Executive Vice President and Head of Production and Logistics. 

For further information, please contact Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager,  tel +46 8 553 856 62.

Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing proportion of the company’s operations consists of products and services in the financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing some 32,000 people, Scania operates in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with facilities for global interchange of both components and complete vehicles. In 2009, net sales totalled SEK 62 billion and net income amounted to SEK 1.1 billion. Scania press releases are available on www.scania.com