Scania commences operation at bus manufacturing facility in Bengaluru

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited, the Indian arm of Swedish truck and bus major Scania, has commenced work at its bus manufacturing facility in Narasapura near Bengaluru. The bus manufacturing plant's current capacity is about 1,000 units per year, and will employ 300 people in its first year.
 
In October 2013, Scania had inaugurated its truck manufacturing facility in Narasapura. Scania has collectively invested around Rs 300 crore in its truck and bus manufacturing facility. The current yearly capacity of the manufacturing plant is 2,500 trucks. The bus plant will also serve as an export hub for regions such as Asia, West Asia and Africa.
 
Over the next five years, Scania aims to double its production capacity to 2,500 units of buses and 5000 units of trucks and recruit about 800 employees by the end of 2017.
 
Scania aims to sell 2,500 trucks and 1,000 buses per year in the Indian market, by 2017 employ over 800 people at this facility.
 
The subsidiary has secured orders from state-run transport corporations in Karnataka and Maharashtra to supply luxury buses for their inter-city services and city buses for operating in their metros.