Scania reduces its bus production in Poland

Scania Production Slupsk, in Poland, is issuing redundancy notices to 142
employees due to continued weak demand for buses and coaches for public
transport in the most important markets for Scania's fully-built buses in the
Omni range. Various support programmes have been developed in consultations
between the company and the trade unions that for instance will offer the
affected employees the possibility of early retirement and redundancy payment.
“The economic situation in our most important markets is showing no sign of
improvement, which means that we expect continued weak demand for public
transport buses in the coming year. Therefore, we have to adjust production to
significantly lower volume,” says Klas Dahlberg, Senior Vice President, Scania
Buses & Coaches.

The facility in Słupsk, with close to 700 employees, is the hub of Scania’s
European production of fully-built (bodied) buses for public transport. The
Scania OmniCity and OmniLink models are bodyworked here. Chassis for the Scania
OmniCity are also assembled in Słupsk. These chassis are also delivered to
other, independent bus bodybuilders in Europe, Africa and Asia.

For further information, please contact Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, tel.
+46 8 553 856 62.
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy
transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Service-related
products account for a growing proportion of the company’s operations, assuring
Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime.
Scania also offers financial services. Employing some 37,500 people, the company
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 2011, net sales totalled SEK 87.7 billion and net income amounted
to SEK 9.4 billion. Scania press releases are available on www.scania.com