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Scania manufactures trucks, which are In truck terms, performance is all about CATIA** at the core of SCANIA’s
regarded by many as being in a class of productivity. Having more than enough product development process
their own. Founded in Sweden in 1891, power when driving up-hill boosts Since 1985 Scania has depended on
Scania has built and delivered more than average speed, as does a powerful CATIA as its core development system for
1 million vehicles and claims the strongest engine-brake or a retarder going down chassis, cabs, transmission and engines.
brand name in Europe for heavy trucks hill. A truck with superior performance Today there are over 350 IBM
with a gross weight of more than 16 makes life easy for the driver and RS/6000* workstations running CATIA
tonnes. The Scania truck is renowned for ultimately means that a load arrives at its Version 4 at Scania’s development centre
its ability to haul commercial goods and destination faster, safer and more in Södertalje, Sweden.
construction materials over long economically.
distances and is affectionately known as “One of the benefits of CATIA”, explains
the ‘King of the Road’. Two versions of the new engine are Göran Hammarberg manager for
offered (480 hp and 580 hp) in the new Technology Development, “is the broad
Last year Scania sold nearly 47,000 heavy range-topping R164 truck, which itself is range of functionality for product
trucks, 95 per cent of which were for available in a large number of configura- development. We are also pleased that
export markets. Truck sales accounted for tions for long-haulage and heavy haulage CATIA is so widely used in the automotive
almost 60 per cent of its total revenue. In duties. industry.
addition to trucks, Scania manufactures
city, intercity buses and tourist coaches,
plus engines for industrial and marine
applications. With 25,800 employees and
production facilities in Europe and Latin
America, Scania products are marketed
in over 100 countries worldwide.
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