Twelve drivers from six regional finals had qualified for the national finals that were held at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre to coincide with the Logistics–Transport trade show. With freezing northern winds, spectators were fewer than expected but many chose to follow the competition indoors.

The competition started on Friday 11 May with the first stages that included fuel economy and efficient driving skills as well as knowledge of cargo securing and first aid. The eight best-placed drivers from Friday’s events then qualified for Saturday’s driving skills challenges. Petri Ojala from Pilkanmaa scored highest after the first day’s tests with Janne Hötti from Kuopio in fifth place. One by one drivers were eliminated until ultimately only two remained – Janne Hötti and Mikko Lunki. After a very tight final, Janne Hötti was victorious. And unlike both second placed Mikko Lunki and third placed Ville Pöllä, this was his first YETD appearance. Scania Suomi’s Managing Director Raimo Lehtiö invited all the finalists to visit Scania in Södertälje.

A total of 680 participants registered for this year’s YETD in Finland and 141 subsequently competed in the six regional finals. “We’re really, really pleased with the results, which is much better than we achieved in 2010,” says Communications Manager Heidi Nurmi-Rekonen. “To be able to organise the national finals already in early May, we held all the regional competitions in April. With our climate, that was not altogether ideal.”

Leading Spanish goods transport company Compañía Logística Acotral fields a fleet of more than 1,600 vehicles in a fully temperature-controlled operation that supplies Mercadona, Spain’s largest supermarket chain. Acotral’s trucks, half of which are from Scania, cover 180 million kilometres a year.

“In a single day, our trucks travel the equivalent of circumnavigating the world 20 times,” says Managing Director Borja de Torres.

The huge operation extends through the whole range of logistic services. In addition to road transport and distribution, Acotral offers storage as well as sea, air and rail transport. Its range of intermodal services includes dedicated trains across Spain and the shipping of goods on a regular basis to the Canary and Balearic Islands, France, the UK and Italy.

Truck delivering goods

In all this, reliability is key. Acotral wanted a supplier with a widespread network of dealers and workshops that could ensure a quick and effective response. Scania was the answer.

“We have 1,850 drivers, out of a total staff of 2,050, and no maintenance personnel at all since we have put service and repairs of Scania trucks in the hands of Scania,” says de Torres.

“Scania has the resources and the network to be with us all over Europe. We don’t deal in repairs. Our job is to cover kilometres quickly, safely and reliably.”

By being present where Acotral has its operative centres, Scania has been able to reduce maintenance time and offer the level of service that Acotral needs.

“Our business is goods transport, and we see nothing but advantages with this kind of cooperation,” says de Torres. “If you ask me what risk was involved in having Scania take care of our maintenance and repairs, I’d say the risk would be in not signing.”

The partnership between Acotral and Scania is not a recent phenomenon. Over the past 20 years, Acotral has bought more than a thousand trucks from Scania, and over time the relationship between the two companies has grown deeper and closer.

“We appreciate our frank and open relationship with Scania,” says de Torres. “Good products and sound advice make our job easier.”

He points to the Scania P-series tractor with a short cab unit that Acotral uses.

“In short distances, when you have to couple and uncouple the trailer repeatedly, the driver benefits from the additional space between the cab and the trailer and is able to perform the job more easily and safely,” says de Torres.

Although the Spanish economy is facing challenges, the Acotral management is confident about the evolution of the company and the market it serves.

“The food segment is more stable by nature, and the situation is not as dramatic as in other markets,” says de Torres. “In any case, we have to work more and better, focus on creating value for our clients and do without what is not indispensable. I look to the future with confidence.”

To be a traffic planner in any of the world’s multi-million cities is a major challenge. The global urbanisation trend means that their population and thus traffic is constantly increasing, while the climate is under threat from growing carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuels resources will probably become scarcer and scarcer.

Klas Dahlberg, who has just taken over as head of Scania Buses and Coaches, believes that these problems represent great opportunities for Scania.

“Public transport systems will have to play a larger role. In the long term, it will not be possible to continue using private cars for transport in the same way as today,” he says.

A number of terms are used to describe the bus industry’s solution to traffic problems, such as BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) or BRS (Bus Rapid System). Scania has chosen the name “Bus systems by Scania”, which implies that the bus itself is just one of the elements. The motto is “think rail – see bus”.

It is a matter of developing route networks where buses have priority over other traffic, either by running on their own streets or in dedicated bus lanes.

Boarding and disembarkation are facilitated either by using low-floor buses or by building bus stops at the same level as the floor of the bus. An infrastructure is built around this for payment and ticket management outside the vehicles, which shortens waiting time at the bus stop or station. All this results in higher average speed and faster transport than travel by car.

More cost effictive

“A well-developed system has a very large capacity. For example, in Bogotá, Colombia, there is a solution which can carry 50,000 passengers per hour, says Dahlberg.

Meanwhile, there is another important aspect for the public transport user to consider – namely the cost. A bus system costs no more than half as much or in many cases just 10-15 percent of what a light rail system costs. It also takes many times longer to construct a light rail system compared to a bus system, which can be built in 1-3 years.

A market that gets what it’s all about is Latin America. Brazil is investing in expanded public transport systems ahead of the football World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016 and this will predominantly take the form of bus systems.

“In roughly a dozen of the cities where the arenas are found, they are now carrying out extensions and renovations or are introducing entirely new systems which are dedicated to bus traffic,” says Dahlberg.

Aside from Latin America, the market for bus systems is growing mainly in Asian countries such as China, India and Indonesia, but also in Africa and Australia.

“We are now concentrating on expanding our participation in this growing niche. Last year, we had a record high delivery of buses, almost 8,000, and our goal is to reach 15,000 buses by the next peak in demand. Therefore, this is an important market for us,” says Klas Dahlberg.

An important strategy in reaching this goal is to focus on the bus passenger.

“Each time someone chooses to take the bus, it is a small victory for us. To win many such victories, we must help to make it easy and convenient to take the bus. This means, for instance, using modern IT so that passengers can have a constant connection for their mobile devices throughout the entire system. Time is money but if their time can be used, the trip pays for itself,” he says.

Svempa’s restyled trucks have been shown all over the world and wherever he travels he meets a dedicated following of enthusiasts. Although the legendary Svempa is, as always, in the limelight, the exhibition primarily focuses on the long-lasting cooperating with Scania. In practice, however, Svempa and his fantastic trucks are inseparable.

Blue Shark

On display is the 4-series truck Blue Shark, the extended R 580 Longline and his latest Limited Edition creation, Black Amber. The recently built tractor unit, Jade Wing, is also shown during the weeks when it is not scheduled for other trucking events.

Svempa’s customisation is well integrated in Scania’s industrial production process. The basic cab is produced together with all other cabs at the production unit in Oskarshamn and subsequently shipped to Laxå for paintwork. The cab is then sent back to Oskarshamn, where is interior is assembled. The finished cab is shipped to Södertälje for final assembly before Svempa’s workshop during ten days add eye-catching custom details. The fully customised truck is then ready for delivery to the customer.

“This is a rational and economical way of producing trucks in small series at reasonable costs,” says Svempa’s chief stylist Jan Richter.

Svempa T cab convertible, Red pearl

The Limited Edition trucks come with a 10–20 percent higher price tag. Over the years, Svempa has styled six Limited Edition series for Scania. In total, 450 trucks have been sold with Italy as the largest market.

The Scania Museum

Opening hours: Monday–Friday: 8:00–16:45. Closed Saturday–Sunday.
Address: Vagnmakarvägen 7 (previously Nyköpingsvägen 33), Södertälje, Sweden
GPS: 17 deg 38” 7’ W 59 deg 11” 59’ N
Entrance free of charge
Services: A selected range of model vehicles, books, clothing and other
accessories can be purchased at the museum shop
Tel: +46 8 553 825 00

The four-axle Euro 6 sewer cleaner is a masterpiece of packaging. The bodywork occupies most of the empty space between the axles. Thanks to Scania’s space-efficient Euro 6 solution, with a silencer unit of the same size as for Euro 5, the work is straightforward for the bodybuilder – i.e. the installation is unchanged.

Despite its compactness, the silencer unit contains all the elements necessary for the complex Euro 6 aftertreatment process. The exhaust gases first pass through and oxidising catalyst that condition the exhaust gases for the next step in the process, through a particulate filter to remove particulate matter, via twin SCR catalysts to remove NOx and then out through twin ammonia slip catalysts that remove any ammonium remaining in the gases. All this is contained inside the silencer.

“Installing such complex bodywork on the Scania Euro 6 chassis was quite straightforward,” says Brian Stage, MD of Danish bodybuilder J Hvidtved Larsen A/S in Silkeborg. “The bodywork is identical to that fitted to a Euro 5 vehicle, which is a great advantage from a cost and lead-time perspective.”

The sewer cleaner is a Scania G 480 8×2 with two steered front axles and a hydraulically steered tag axle behind the driven axle. The 13-litre Euro 6 engine produces 480 hp and a generous 2,500 Nm of torque, which is ample for powering the vehicle as well as the power take-offs for the auxiliaries. The Scania P 310 4×4 has a 9-litre Euro 5 engine and is around 700 kg lighter than a corresponding 13-litre vehicle.

Scania introduced its first Euro 6 engines one year ago to enable foresighted operators to take the first step to the next emission level. Scania Euro 6 vehicles have since been in operation with customers and tested by the press with excellent results.

The Euro 6 legislation will come into force for new models on 31 December 2012 and for all new vehicles one year later. The legislation has now been adopted and enabled Scania vehicles to be registered as Euro 6 in several countries. Incentives to encourage operators to invest in cleaner technology are currently being adopted by authorities in some European countries.

For other press material and pictures, please visit the IFAT Entsorga pressroom at www.scania.com/media.

For further information, please contact:
- Håkan Lionell, Director Municipal Vehicles, Scania, tel. +46 70 328 3601, e‑mail hakan.lionell@scania.com

IFAT Entsorga in Munich, 7-11 May 2012, is the world’s premier trade show for water, sewage, waste and raw materials handling. Scania has an outdoor stand, F5 502/2, and Scania vehicles are found at other exhibitors’ stands as well. Scania is also represented by two vehicles in the “Trucks in Action” area.

“Following the successful launch of the Scania Orange Days in April 2011 in Koblenz, we now invite our customers to IFAT in Munich,” says Christian Teichmann, Truck Sales Director at Scania Germany Austria.

“Thanks to Scania’s modular product system, our customers can tailor their vehicles precisely to suit their needs, with the reliability, robustness and efficiency inherent in a Scania vehicle. With the availability of Euro 6 engines in this segment, Scania can offer forward-looking customers a good solution,” says Teichmann.

Utdelning
Årsstämman fastställde utdelningen till 5,00 kronor per aktie. Som avstämningsdag fastställdes onsdagen den 9 maj 2012. Utdelningen är beräknad att sändas ut måndagen den 14 maj 2012.

Styrelse och kommittéer
Årsstämman beviljade styrelseledamöterna och verkställande direktören ansvarsfrihet för verksamhetsåret 2011.

Det beslutades att styrelsen skall bestå av tio styrelseledamöter utan suppleanter. De ordinarie ledamöterna Helmut Aurenz, Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, Jochem Heizmann, Hans Dieter Pötsch, Åsa Thunman, Peter Wallenberg Jr, Martin Winterkorn och Leif Östling omvaldes. Till nya ledamöter valdes Peter Abele och Ferdinand K. Piëch. De ersätter Börje Ekholm och Gunnar Larsson som avböjt omval.

Årsstämman omvalde Martin Winterkorn till styrelseordförande och Jochem Heizmann omvaldes till vice styrelseordförande.

Vid styrelsens konstituerande möte i anslutning till stämman utsågs även ledamöter till styrelsens två kommittéer. Till revisionskommittén valdes Peter Abele till ordförande och som övriga ledamöter valdes Hans Dieter Pötsch (omval) och Åsa Thunman. Till ersättningskommittén omvaldes Martin Winterkorn till ordförande och som övriga ledamöter valdes Peter Abele och Francisco J. Garcia Sanz (omval).

Ersättningar och arvode
Årsstämman godkände styrelsens förslag om riktlinjer för ersättning och andra anställningsvillkor för ledande befattningshavare samt villkor och riktlinjer för ett tvådelat incitamentsprogram för år 2012, som omfattar högst 150 ledande befattningshavare i bolaget.

Årsstämman fastställde styrelsearvodet för 2012 till totalt 2 000 000 kronor, att fördelas bland styrelseledamöterna med 500 000 kronor till var och en av de ledamöter som inte är anställd av Volkswagen AG eller bolaget.

Till styrelseledamöter anställda av Volkswagen AG utgår inget arvode. Enligt Volkswagen AG:s interna regler skall anställda ej erhålla arvode för styrelseuppdrag i dotterbolag.

För det arbete som utförs i revisionskommittén fastställde årsstämman ett arvode om 200 000 kronor till kommitténs ordförande – under förutsättning att denne inte är anställd av Volkswagen AG eller bolaget – och 100 000 kronor till var och en av kommitténs övriga ledamöter som inte är anställda av Volkswagen AG eller bolaget.
För det arbete som utförs i ersättningskommittén fastställdes ett arvode om 50 000 kronor till var och en av dess ledamöter som inte är anställd av Volkswagen AG.

Valberedning
Årsstämman godkände valberedningens förslag avseende valberedningsprocessen. Bolaget skall ha en valberedning bestående av styrelsens vice ordförande samt ytterligare två till fyra ledamöter. Var och en av de fyra till röstetalet största kända ägarna har rätt att utse var sin representant till valberedningen. Om de fyra största aktieägarna utser färre än två ledamöter, ska de aktieägare som är därefter störst i röstetal ha rätt att utse en ledamot var till dess att valberedningen består av styrelsens vice ordförande och två ytterligare ledamöter. Valberedningens mandatperiod sträcker sig fram till dess att en ny valberedning utsetts.

Södertälje den 4 maj 2012

Scania AB

Dividend
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved a dividend of SEK 5.00 per share and set Wednesday, 9 May 2012 as the record date. The dividend is expected to be sent on Monday, 14 May 2012.

The Board of Directors and the committees
The AGM discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability for the financial year 2011.

The AGM decided that the Board of Directors shall consist of ten members without deputies. Board members Helmut Aurenz, Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, Jochem Heizmann, Hans Dieter Pötsch, Åsa Thunman, Peter Wallenberg Jr, Martin Winterkorn and Leif Östling were re-elected. Peter Abele and Ferdinand K. Piëch were elected as new Board members. They are replacing Börje Ekholm and Gunnar Larsson, who declined re-election.

The AGM re-elected Martin Winterkorn as Chairman of the Board and Jochem Heizmann as the Vice Chairman of the Board.

At the statutory meeting of the Board in connection to the AGM, members of the Board’s two committees were also appointed. To the Audit Committee, Peter Abele was elected as Chairman, and Hans Dieter Pötsch (re-elected) and Åsa Thunman were elected as the other members. To the Remuneration Committee, Martin Winterkorn was re-elected as Chairman and Peter Abele and Francisco J. Garcia Sanz (re-elected) were elected as the other members.

Compensation and remuneration
The AGM approved the Board’s proposals on principles for remuneration and other employment conditions for Scania Group executive officers as well as on terms and principles for a two-part incentive programme for 2012 covering a maximum of 150 executive officers of the company.

The AGM approved remuneration to the Board of Directors for 2011 totalling SEK 2,000,000, with SEK 500,000 to be paid to each of the Board members who are not employees of Volkswagen AG or Scania.

No remuneration will be payable to Board members employed by Volkswagen AG. According to the internal rules of Volkswagen AG, employees shall not receive remuneration for serving on the Boards of Directors of subsidiaries.

For the work performed in the Audit Committee, the AGM approved remuneration of SEK 200,000 to the Chairman of the committee − provided the Chairman is not an employee of Volkswagen AB or Scania − and SEK 100,000 to each of the other members of the committee who are not employees of Volkswagen AG or Scania. For the work performed in the Remuneration Committee, the AGM approved remuneration of SEK 50,000 to each of the committee’s members who are not employees of Volkswagen AG.

Nomination Committee
The AGM approved the resolution that was presented concerning the Nomination Committee. The company shall have a Nomination Committee consisting of the Vice Chairman of the Board and two to four additional members. Each of the four largest known shareholders in voting power is entitled to appoint one representative on the Nomination Committee. If the four largest shareholders appoint fewer than two members, the shareholders that are next largest in voting power are each entitled to appoint one member until the Nomination Committee consists of the Vice Chairman
of the Board and two additional members. The term of office of the Nomination Committee shall run until a new Nomination Committee has been appointed.

Södertälje, 4 May 2012

Scania AB

Before the opening face-off, legendary Swedish hockey player, Mats Sundin, took the opportunity to inspect the World Championship buses together with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association’s Vice President, Peter Forsberg.

Peter Forsberg praised Scania for the effective collaboration in establishing the sponsorship agreement. And Leif Nyström, Head of Bus Sales at Scania’s Swedish distributor, Scania-Bilar Sverige, is just as pleased. “We’re really proud sponsors and the opportunity to see our brand being associated with another premium brand, the national Swedish ice hockey team,” he says.

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