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Scania inaugurates INR 300 crore bus manufacturing facility in India

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited has inaugurated its bus manufacturing facility in Narasapura near Bangalore. The bus manufacturing plant’s current capacity is about 1,000 units per year and will employ 300 people in its first year. Scania has collectively invested around Rs. 300 crore in their truck and bus manufacturing facility. The current yearly capacity of the manufacturing plant is 2,500 trucks and 1,000 buses.

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Scania says that the geographical position of India will act in advantage to Scania in connecting with Far East Asian countries, Africa and Middle Eastern countries. Over the next five years, Scania aims to double its production capacity by 2,500 units of buses and 5000 units of trucks and recruit about 800 employees by the end of 2017.

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The plant will house a bio-gas production unit and will locally assemble ethanol buses. With this bus plant, Scania looks at locally assembling buses and coaches in India, and stay true to the vision of Make in India. The company will also broaden the scope for manufacturing more products powered by alternative fuels, which will catalyse sustainable development in India to a whole new level.

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