Scania to receive public funding for employee training

Scania to receive public funding for employee training 

The European Commission − the executive branch of the European Union (EU) −
today announced its approval of the funding for human resource development in
the heavy vehicle industry that the Stockholm County Administrative Board had
applied for. The European Social Fund has set aside SEK 125 million to partially
finance training programmes at the affected companies.


“I welcome the announcement. This grant ensures that financial resources are now
in place for the large-scale training programme that is a key element of our
strategy to deal with the sharp decline in market demand,” says Per Hallberg,
Executive Vice President and Head of Production and Procurement at Scania.

In planning its training programme, Scania has pursued a dialogue with the
Stockholm County Administrative Board, whose chief executive − County Governor
Per Unckel − has been assigned by the Swedish government to coordinate efforts
to ease the impact of the financial crisis on the labour market. After thorough
preparations and a carefully crafted application, the County Administrative
Board has been granted resources from the European Social Fund. The application
is related to the coordination and implementation of training efforts targeted
to the heavy vehicle industry. The European Commission has now approved these
financial resources. 
Scania will now continue the employee training programme at its production units
in Luleå, Södertälje and Oskarshamn that has been under way since early
February. The programme includes generally and individually adapted training in
such fields as production engineering, Scania's working method based on
continuous improvements and the company's common principles and values.
Employees are also offered the opportunity to supplement their knowledge of
languages and mathematics.

“For employees, human resource development not only means that they will improve
their potential within the company. They will also strengthen their position in
the labour market generally,” Mr Hallberg says.

For further information, please contact Erik Ljungberg, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Relations, tel. +46 8 553 835 57.






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 35,000 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
2008, invoiced sales totalled SEK 89 billion and net income amounted to SEK 8.9
billion. 


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