SCANIA TRUCKS
Scania Trucks are manufactured by Scania AB, a Swedish company that specializes in the production of commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses. The company has production facilities in several countries including Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, and Russia.
About Scania
Scania is a world leading provider of transport solutions with more than 58,000 employees in more than 100 countries. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system.
Our purpose
Scania’s purpose is to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system, creating a world of mobility that is better for business, society and the environment.
Developing and offering premium products, services and solutions for sustainable transport
For more than 130 years, our core business has been to develop and offer premium products, services and solutions for our customers, and to continuously improve fuel efficiency and uptime.
As we drive the shift to sustainable transport, this continues to be at the heart of our approach. We offer products and services designed to support our customers’ transition to a sustainable transport future. These include electric vehicles and charging solutions, as well as solutions based on renewable fuels. Every solution is tailored to customer requirements and local circumstances.
Partnering up to create the enabling conditions for sustainable transport
Sustainable transport depends on the right conditions to flourish. We work with partners across the transport ecosystem to develop sustainable infrastructure and resources, and push for the policies and investments needed to make sustainable transport a reality. We are pioneers in supply chain sustainability, forging groundbreaking partnerships with suppliers to rapidly decarbonise the transport industry’s supply chain.
Exploring and accelerating the development of tomorrow’s transport system
By pushing the boundaries of what’s possible today, we are shaping the transport system of tomorrow. We do this by investing in R&D, backing start-ups and harnessing new ideas, technologies and business models that lie outside our current core.
Managing our impacts on people and planet
We lead by example, managing our social and environmental impacts where they are biggest throughout our value chain. We focus on three sustainability priorities: people sustainability, decarbonisation and circularity.
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Heritage Welcome to Scania
Our purpose is to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system, creating a world of mobility that is better for business, society and the environment.
Scania winner of Green Truck 2024
Driving the greenest truck on the market helps more than the climate – It helps your bottom line too. A true win-win. This is the ninth time that Scania wins the prestigious Green Truck Award.
Driving the greenest truck on the market helps more than the climate – It helps your bottom line too. A true win-win. This is the ninth time that Scania wins the prestigious Green Truck Award.
Scania’s results stand out
The best truck in the test is identified by applying a formula that covers all the relevant aspects of being transport-efficient and sustainable. Scania’s results stand out: over 100km distance, the average difference compared to the runner-up is 0.41 litres of fuel. Taking into perspective the fact that a long-haul truck travels something like 150,000 km each year, this makes Scania’s more than 600 litre per year better off than the nearest competitor
Explore Scania Super
With 8 percent fuel savings, the Scania Super powertrain delivers a groundbreaking step to tomorrow’s sustainable heavy transport systems.
The future is super
With the new Super, Scania introduces its most advanced and efficient combustion-engine powertrain ever built. Through industry-leading emissions control and 8% fuel savings, the Scania Super sets the new standard for sustainable transport operations. From long haulage to the toughest heavy-duty operations, one thing is for sure: your future just got 8% better.
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The new Super is not only groundbreakingly fuel efficient, but it also delivers an improved operative range, superior technical robustness, and an extended component service lifetime. This culminates in the most cost-efficient total operating economy in the history of heavy transport.
When the haulage company Herbert Ulfhielm Fjärrtransport tested the new 13-litre Scania 560 S truck, the fuel consumption levels were so low that they first thought they’d made a mistake. But they were in for an amazing surprise.
“You are used to trucks where if you get under 40 litres per 100 kilometres, then you are quite happy. But during the latest trips now, I’ve sometimes been below 34 or even 33 litres – and that’s with a heavy timber payload. The first time I checked it and counted it myself, I thought: ‘I must have forgotten to log some refuelling’,” says Jerry Olofsson, who’s been driving trucks for 23 years:
Behind the Super’s unrivalled performance level lies significant improvements to the engine’s combustion and aspiration performance, lubrication and cooling, and turbocharging efficiency. It also features a range of industry-leading engine technologies, such as the Scania Twin SCR system, and a new, powerful engine management system to ensure the engine’s superior total operating economy under all conditions.
This works optimally with a larger total spread from the gearbox, combined with the faster and optimized axle gear ratios, to deliver peak torque at an even lower rpm. This contributes to the powertrain’s groundbreaking fuel economy, but also a smoother drive with fewer gear changes and less noise.
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Planet
The Scania Super is a sustainable ICE transport solution for the here and now – one that makes a real impact on your operational carbon footprint today. With the Super engine and a world-leading twin SCR aftertreatment system, the new powertrain also prepares your business for even the toughest emissions standards – today and tomorrow.
In addition to diesel compatibility, the Super is a pioneer of low-emission renewable fuels – delivering compatibility with low-emission HVO fuels on all power outputs, as well as biodiesel FAME compatibility now across two power outputs (460hp and 500hp).
Beyond delivering the industry’s leading range of fuel-efficient powertrain solutions, Scania is also committed to delivering other initiatives and services that further reduce carbon emissions, both in combustion-based and electrified vehicles. These include customised driver training to improve energy efficiency, enhancing our vehicle specifications, and creating new models for supplying green electricity and renewable fuels to our customers.
Powered by low-​emission fuels
The Scania Super is not only the most fuel-efficient engine we have ever built, it’s also fully compatible with low-emission HVO fuels, as well as biodiesel/FAME fuels on the 460- and 500 horsepower range.
Internal combustion engines which run on renewable fuels play a key role in reducing emissions and can provide an immediate solution to meet climate and environmental targets for specific markets. This is especially true for high-mileage, long-distance operations and applications.
Scania has vast experience of powertrains that run on renewable fuels. For three decades we have been the company that has offered the industry’s broadest range of products with the capacity to run on alternative or renewable fuels. The Scania Super delivers on that commitment.
HVO
Available on the entire Scania Super horsepower range, HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil) fuels can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% compared to standard diesel. HVO can be made from waste oil, rapeseed oil and animal fat, and used to create high-quality, bio-based diesel fuels.
Biodiesel
Available on the Scania Super 460hp and 500hp engine range, biodiesel or FAME (fatty acid methyl ester) fuels can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 66% compared to standard diesel. Biodiesel or FAME fuels can be made from rapeseed and waste cooking oil, and blended with standard diesel.
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Saab-Scania AB (1969–1995)
On 1 September 1969, Scania merged with Saab AB, and formed Saab-Scania ABWhen Saab-Scania was split in 1995, the name of the truck and bus division changed simply to Scania AB. One year later, Scania AB was introduced on the stock exchange, which resulted in a minor change of name to Scania AB (publ).
Aborted Volvo takeover
On 7 August 1999, Volvo announced it had agreed to acquire a majority share in Scania. Volvo was to buy the 49.3% stake in Scania that was owned by Investor AB, Scania's then main shareholder. The acquisition, for $7.5 billion (60.7 billion SEK), would have created the world's second-largest manufacturer of heavy trucks, behind DaimlerChrysler. The cash for the deal was to come from the sale of Volvo's car division to Ford Motor Company in January 1999.
The merger failed, after the European Union disapproved, announcing one company would have almost 100% market share in the Nordic markets.[18][citation needed]
Aborted MAN takeover
In September 2006, the German truckmaker MAN AG launched a €10.3bn hostile offer to acquire Scania AB. Scania's CEO Leif Östling was forced to apologise for comparing the bid of MAN to a "Blitzkrieg". MAN AG later dropped its hostile offer, but in January 2008, MAN increased their voting rights in Scania up to 17%.
Scania ownership today
The two major stockholders of Scania AB (publ) are:
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The German automotive company Volkswagen AG is Scania's biggest shareholder, with a 70.94% voting stake (equity) in Scania. It gained this by first buying Volvo's stake in 2000, after the latter's aborted takeover attempt, increasing it to 36.4% in the first quarter 2007, and then buying the remainder from Investor AB in March 2008. The deal was approved by regulatory bodies in July 2008. Scania then became the ninth marque in the Volkswagen Group.
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The German truck manufacturer MAN SE holds a 17.37% voting stake in Scania.Notably, Volkswagen AG also owns 75.03% of MAN.
In December 2015, VW took 9.6 billion Swedish kronor ($1.1B, €1.0B) out of Scania. Media speculated that the move was caused by the losses in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
Current shareholders
Scania AB (publ) has a total issue of 400 million 'A shares' and 400 million 'B shares', with a total capitalised value of SEK 72,880 million. In terms of voting rights, one 'A share' is eligible for one vote, whereas 10 'B shares' are required for one vote.
As of 29 January 2010, these shares, as published by Swedish Central Securities Depository and Clearing Organisation ("Euroclear"), are allocated to 119,973 owners, and the table below details the top ten shareholders.
Scania AB (publ) principal shareholders
shareholder nameA sharesB shares% of capital% of votes
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft *306,232,23959,037,82245.6670.94
MAN SE73,047,17933,718,85713.3517.37
Clearstream Banking1,170,51432,973,4504.271.02
JP Morgan Chase Bank461,58436,220,2194.590.93
Swedbank Robur Fonder029,043,6653.630.66
Skandia Liv974,3749,646,3181.330.44
Alecta Pensionsförsäkring019,085,0002.390.33
AMF Försäkring och fonder650,0009,678,4111.230.36
Handelsbanken fonder07,202,3620.900.16
The Government Pension Fund of Norway06,937,6650.870.16
largest 10 owners382,535,890243,021,70878.1992.46
Others17,464,110156,978,29221.817.54
total ownership400,000,000400,000,000100.00100.00