Scania secures French military order

Scania secures French military order 300 trucks to be produced in Angers In the face of immensely tough competition, Scania's French service and distribution company Scania France has sold 300 three-axle all-wheel drive tanker trucks to the French military. The buyer is SEA, Service des Essences des Armées. The total value of the order is 90 million euros and the contract also includes service and maintenance of the vehicle fleet together with advanced drivers training. "This is an important order," comments Marc Haezenberghe, President of Scania France. "Scania already has a firm presence in the French military sector, for instance with our delivery of heavy tractors to the army in recent years." "The order marks the first time the French army buys vehicles in the heavy segment, 16 tons and above, totally based on Scania´s ordinary modularised product range. The 300 chassis from Scania will be equipped with stainless steel tanks from the French Lafon Group." The order means that Scania's French production company in Angers - which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary - is expanding its range to include more technically complex products. The 300 trucks will feature drive to all wheels, and their six-cylinder engines have a power output of 340 horsepower. On the international scene, Scania showed this robust chassis most recently at this year's Eurosatory 2002 military show in Paris in June. For further information please contact: Gilles Baustert tel +33 2 41 41 33 33 (Scania France) Bo Östlund tel + 46 70 543 81 42 Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. With 28,300 employees and production facilities in Europe and Latin America, Scania is one of the most profitable companies in its sector. In 2001, turnover totalled SEK 53,000 million and the result after financial items was SEK 1,500 million. Scania products are marketed in about 100 countries worldwide and some 95 percent of Scania's vehicles are sold outside Sweden. Scania press releases are available on the Internet, www.scania.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/09/13/20020913BIT00160/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/09/13/20020913BIT00160/wkr0002.pdf