Scania made commitment to Thailand market

[webfact]

Scania made commitment to Thailand market

 

Scania, a Swedish heavy-duty truck maker, opens its new factory to assemble trucks and commercial vehicle in Bangkok Free Trade Zone recently.

 

Swedish truck maker opens new assembly plant east of Bangkok, paving a sustainable and profitable road for local market, according to a press release.

 

The Bt72-billion investment on brand-new factory has cemented Scania’s strong commitment to Thailand and Asean markets after delivering premium trucks to local and regional customers for three decades, according to the press release.

 

“It is undoubtedly the biggest investment in Scania's 128-year history,” said Stefan Dorski, managing director of Scania Siam Co., Ltd.

 

“It is with great pride that my colleagues and I are now presenting the products and services that will bring Scania to new levels in Thailand and carry us far into the next decade.”

 

The new factory in the Bangkok Free Trade Zone is a cornerstone of these regional expansion plans. It’s designed for assembly of trucks and bus chassis as well as manufacturing of truck cabs.

 

Scania Siam has provided products and services in Thailand for 32 years, delivering trucks, buses and coaches and engines to Thai customers. More than 600 of Scania’s trucks, ranging from light-weight P Series to G Series design for long haulage to premium R Series, sold last year. In addition to positive growth, more than 140 buses and coaches also sold last year.

 

Obviously, Scania is noted for its tailor-made trucks that fit customer’s needs perfectly to maximize their profitability. That personalized truck needs little more time to make than a standard unit. With new factory in Bangkok, however, Scania can take advantage of manufacturing efficiency.

 

“Now we will take only eight weeks to make a tailor-made Scania truck, comparing with four months in previous orders. That means the customer will wait no longer” says Ruthger de Vries, executive vice president and head of Production and Logistics.

 

The plant opening is coincided with the debut of a new truck line that could generate profitability as much as sustainability to the customers. The new truck delivers up to 5% lower fuel consumption and thanks to Scania’s most advanced engine and auto-shifting transmission. Scania new trucks come with new cab design that increases driver comfort visibility through lower dashboards and an adjusted driver position. The truck also improves driver safety by adding curtain side airbags to protect driver in rollover accidents.

 

The highlight of Scania new truck line is Scania G410, a CNG-fuelled truck. It’s the first truck, with Euro 6 emission standard, selling in Thailand. The truck is made for running on compressed natural gas that produces much lower threat to air quality. The truck itself could answer the call if the big city bans diesel-fueled truck to improve air quality.

 

“This G410 model is the best alternative choice. It’s made for CNG from the beginning, so it works more effective than those trucks are modified for running on natural gas in aftermarket,” notes Erika Sundell, who is in charge of Sustainability Transportation System program for Scania Siam. “With eight packs of CNG, this CNG truck can make 500 kilometres in full load.

 

In addition to truck and bus assembly, Scania has also developed a solid supplier base in Thailand.

 

“Thailand is strategic hub for Scania because of large domestic market, well-established supplier base and the access to staff with experience from automotive industry,” added Stefan Dorski.

 

Thailand as a country will benefit from the energy-efferent vehicles that plant will produce and also gain knowledge and experience Scania is bringing related to making high-quality vehicles and working with local suppliers to increase quality level to meet Scania’s strict requirement,” says Stefan Dorski , Scania Siam’s Managing Director.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30364821

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-02-27

[Justgrazing]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

The highlight of Scania new truck line is Scania G410, a CNG-fuelled truck. It’s the first truck, with Euro 6 emission standard, selling in Thailand. The truck is made for running on compressed natural gas that produces much lower threat to air quality. The truck itself could answer the call if the big city bans diesel-fueled truck to improve air quality.

Good trucks Scania's .. Very good 

Authorities dealing with the air pollution issue afflicting Thai cities should take note of the above that the only way forward in city trucking that modern Euro 6 trucks designed to also run on CNG are the next step forward in trying to reduce the traffic pollution problems .. 

[Snow Leopard]

53 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Good trucks Scania's .. Very good 

Authorities dealing with the air pollution issue afflicting Thai cities should take note of the above that the only way forward in city trucking that modern Euro 6 trucks designed to also run on CNG are the next step forward in trying to reduce the traffic pollution problems .. 

You are 100% correct about pollution. Great trucks and buses. Now owned by VW. Euro 7 possibly in 2020. 

Euro emissions standards for diesel cars 

Euro standard	Date	CO	NOx	PM
Euro 1	July 1992	2.72	-	0.14
Euro 2	January 1996	1.0	-	0.08
Euro 3	January 2000	0.64	0.50	0.05
Euro 4	January 2005	0.50	0.25	0.025
Euro 5a	September 2009	0.50	0.180	0.005
Euro 6	September 2014	0.50	0.080	0.005

[Cadbury]

Scania should try to interest the government in having their metropolitan buses built in Thailand to replace those disgraceful old red/blue/white black smoke belching rattletraps that are held together by rivets and body filler.

Perhaps also they could create a market for single-decker buses to replace those accident prone double-decker buses which account for much of the slaughter on the roads and which were intended to be "banned" but weren't probably due to pressure from owners/close friends of the government.

[fruitman]

Great! Finally some decent trucks in Thailand....no more excuses like 'the brakes didn't work' !!

[DrTuner]

'Bangkok Free Trade Zone'

 

How's that work? They get breaks in some taxes, other goodies?

[DrTuner]

1 hour ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Amazing the kinds of decisions at board room level involving millions of dollars that can be influenced by the availability of cheap sex.

Hey if you were living in dreary Sweden, the ground zero of militant feminism, and sitting in a board meeting thinking about where to plop a new factory in .. understandable. Must also be a factor for the Japanese that like to have their own little bubbles here. 

[Justgrazing]

13 hours ago, Snow Leopard said:

You are 100% correct about pollution. Great trucks and buses. Now owned by VW. Euro 7 possibly in 2020. 

Euro emissions standards for diesel cars 

Euro standard	Date	CO	NOx	PM
Euro 1	July 1992	2.72	-	0.14
Euro 2	January 1996	1.0	-	0.08
Euro 3	January 2000	0.64	0.50	0.05
Euro 4	January 2005	0.50	0.25	0.025
Euro 5a	September 2009	0.50	0.180	0.005
Euro 6	September 2014	0.50	0.080	0.005

Yes for sure it is an ongoing process .. My understanding of the forthcoming Euro 7 standard is the emphasis will shift to lowering the CO2 level of exhaust gas content which will affect petrol vehicles more as diesel CO2 content is relatively low but you would also expect a tightening of the particulate PM and Nitrogeon Oxides allowance which may prove to be problematic for the major diesel engine manufacturers as they struggled to meet the figures set for Euro 6 .. The blowback against diesel cars in European markets is evident now with new sales and second hand values dropping drastically .. The future for city trucking and buses has to be ultimately electric if they truly want to face upto the pollution issue .. Some manufacturers are looking at the hybrid route of batteries being recharged by an I C engine , others are looking at the batteries only option that are mains charged at the end of the shift though they are best suited to known mileage work such as the city centre environment only .. Hydrogen fuel cell is the other zero emission option that might be better suited to vehicles like buses and trucks but is still proving difficult to provide at acceptable cost levels .. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

12 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Perhaps also they could create a market for single-decker buses to replace those accident prone double-decker buses which account for much of the slaughter on the roads and which were intended to be "banned" but weren't probably due to pressure from owners/close friends of the government.

 

I was likewise going to point out that it's good Scania is opening a new production facility here...

 

That way, every time some Thai company/driver crashes and otherwise demolishes one of their trucks or buses due to "failed brakes" and such, they'll be able to provide a new replacement model pretty darned quick!

 

They obviously know this is a good market for turnover in buses and trucks, given the woeful state of driving and driver safety on Thai roads.

 

 

[kickstart]

10 hours ago, fruitman said:

Great! Finally some decent trucks in Thailand....no more excuses like 'the brakes didn't work' !!

Thee are plenty of good trucks in Thailand, most are Japanese, even saw an Iveco last week, it is the maintenance is the problem

Mechanic, "You're brake shoes/pads are getting a bit thin need replacing, that air pipe looks dodge "

Truck Owner, " Not now next time,  Mie Pen Rie".

[fruitman]

10 minutes ago, kickstart said:

Thee are plenty of good trucks in Thailand, most are Japanese, even saw an Iveco last week, it is the maintenance is the problem

Mechanic, "You're brake shoes/pads are getting a bit thin need replacing, that air pipe looks dodge "

Truck Owner, " Not now next time,  Mie Pen Rie".

In Europe they lease those trucks for 1 million km for a fixed price...all maintenance is done for free.

 

I hope they do the same in thailand.