Major order for Scania city buses from New Zealand

Major order for Scania city buses from New Zealand

NZ Bus, New Zealand's largest city bus operator, has ordered 150 buses of
Scania's latest city bus for delivery during 2007-2009. Scania was chosen as
supplier because of the environmental technology (Euro 4 and 5 with EGR) and an
integrated 3-axle chassis design with high passenger capacity. The deal makes
Scania a major supplier in the NZ city bus segment.

“Passenger capacity, operating economy and emission technology tipped the scales
in favour of Scania,” says Henrik Henriksson, Vice President Scania Buses and
Coaches. 

NZ Bus, which operates a fleet of more than 1000 vehicles, typically needs to
renew the fleet with some 50 new buses per year and Scania is thus the chosen
supplier for the next three years. The Scania components and systems will be
supplied by Scania in Sweden for subsequent bodybuilding by DesignLine, the
major city bus supplier in New Zealand.

Scania has been represented in New Zealand since the 1970s. Starting in 2000,
the distributor CablePrice Ltd sells some 20 tourist coaches per year. This
order makes Scania and CablePrice also a major supplier of city buses.

For further information, please contact Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, tel.
+46 8 55385662





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 32,800 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. Bus
production takes place in Sweden, Brazil and Mexico. Bodybuilding takes place in
Poland and Russia. In 2006, invoiced sales totalled SEK 70.7 billion and the net
income amounted to SEK 5.9 billion. 

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