South-East Asia; Scania Boosts Its Presence With a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in Malaysia.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000 Scania is enhancing its position in South-East Asia South-East Asia n → le Sud-Est asiatique South-East Asia south n → Südostasien nt South-East Asia n → as the region's economy picks up following more than two years of economic stagnation Economic stagnation, often called simply stagnation is a prolonged period of slow economic growth (traditionally measured in terms of the GDP growth). By some definitions, "slow" means that it is significantly slower than a potential growth as estimated by experts in . With a new subsidiary to Scania Trade Development AB, Scania is bringing operations in Malaysia under its own wings to boost its presence on this growth market. The new Scania company starts operating at the end of June this year, with a payroll of about 70 employees. Scania truck and bus chassis Pronounced "chah-see," it is a physical structure that holds everything or that everything is attached to. A computer's cabinet is often called the chassis. will continue to be assembled locally by Tractors Malaysia, the majority owner of Scandinavian Truck and Bus, the company which has represented Scania for 12 years in Malaysia. Prior to Asia's recent economic turbulence turbulence, state of violent or agitated behavior in a fluid. Turbulent behavior is characteristic of systems of large numbers of particles, and its unpredictability and randomness has long thwarted attempts to fully understand it, even with such powerful tools as , Malaysia was one of Scania's strongest markets in this region. The Malaysian market for heavy trucks was in the region of about 5,000 trucks in 1996. This year, sales of about 1,800 new trucks are expected. Scania's market share in the tractor segment has remained around the 25 per cent mark in recent years. With the takeover of direct responsibility for the Malaysian market, Scania intends to further improve the market position. Malaysia will be the second important market in Asia in which Scania takes over and runs its operations in-house. The first such move was in South Korea, with the creation of Scania Korea Ltd. in January last year. Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. With 25,800 employees and production facilities in Europe and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Scania is one of the most profitable companies in its sector. In 1999, turnover totalled SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 47,100 million and the result after net interest in- come/expense was SEK 4,500 million. Scania products are marketed in about 100 countries worldwide and some 95 percent of Scania's vehicles are sold outside Sweden Scania press releases are available on the Internet, www.scania.com Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. : http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/12/20000512BIT00550/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/12/20000512BIT00550/bit0002.pdf |
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