Scania makes a breakthrough into the Chinese city bus market

Scania makes a breakthrough into the Chinese city bus market 

Scania is now delivering 25 articulated buses meeting the Euro 4 emission
requirements to the public transport company in Changzhou in the Jiangsu
province in eastern China. Scania won the contract on account of its emission
technology, low operating cost and long service life.


The delivery was made as a result of the agreement between Scania and Chinese
bodybuilder Jiangsu Alfa Bus, signed in the presence of Sweden's prime minister
and China's president in June 2007.

Scania's emission technology is based on EGR, exhaust gas recirculation, which
neither requires aftertreatment of exhaust gases, nor extra tanks with additive
on-board.

“Our convenient emission control solution appeals to Chinese customers,” says
Mats Harborn, Managing Director of Scania China. “Getting lower exhaust
emissions without the need to store and fill additives makes it easy to take a
radical step towards a cleaner transport system.

“Scania scores high on uptime, fuel economy and service support. Combined with
long-lived and durable vehicles, this is fundamental to minimise the overall
operating cost - the cost per passenger-kilometre.“

In October this year, Scania signed a contract and is also in the process of
supplying 500 city buses to Singapore, where environmental performance was a
deciding factor..

China is rapidly extending its BRT systems (bus rapid transit), with many
projects in the pipeline in major cities all across the country. BRT provides a
quick and flexible solution to passenger transport in fast-growing regions.

Alfa Bus is a privately owned company based in Jiangsu province that
manufactures buses for urban traffic as well as tourist and express coaches.
With backing from Scania, the company will also be responsible for marketing the
Scania buses it produces.

For further information, please contact 

- Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, tel. +46 70 3468811
- Mats Harborn, MD Scania China, tel. +86 13501387980



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
and coach production takes place in Sweden, Brazil and Mexico, while
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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