PRESS infoScania showcases its revolutionary ethanol fuelled Green Bus and premium Metrolink Buses at ICEPT 2015

New Delhi, August 13, 2015: Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd., a leading premium commercial vehicles and engines manufacturer, today showcased its ethanol run Green Bus along with two variants of the premium intercity Metrolink bus at the International Conference on Public Transport Innovation (ICEPT 2015) in Delhi.

Mr. Anders Grundströmer, Managing Director, Scania India and Senior Vice President, Scania Group, co-chaired the session, “Smart Vehicle Technologies & Alternate Fuels” and also spoke in the session titled, “Sustainable Public Road Transport – Challenges & Future Road Map”. Scania’s senior executives also took part as speakers on various subjects like a framework for sustainable mobility, de-carbonizing public transport, bio-fuel agenda and smart cities.

At ICEPT, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping felicitated Shri Praveen Datke Hon’ble Mayor of Nagpur and Shri Sudhir Raut, Chairman Transport Committee, Nagpur Municipal Corporation for their vision to establishing Nagpur as green and sustainable city.

Scania Commercial Vehicles, which has been present in India since 2007 is the original visionary in making sustainable transportation a reality. A true pioneer of biofuels solutions, Scania introduced its first revolutionary ethanol powered bus in Sweden more than twenty years ago. Continuing its legacy in the segment, Scania India, on August 22, 2014 launched its ethanol fuelled “Green Bus” in Nagpur for the first time in the country. The Pilot case of ethanol bus was flagged off by India’s Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari. Over the years, Scania has scored tremendous success from its ethanol fuelled buses across nations and with the launch of Green Bus in India, Scania has instilled a promise to conserve the environment and to provide sustainable transportation solutions to the Indian public. This new milestone is a testimony to Scania’s credibility in the Biofuels segment.

Elaborating on the ICEPT 2015 and Scania’s participation, Mr. Grundströmer said, “It is a very ambitious initiative by ASRTU to host a conference to promote latest trends in public transport services and create awareness on the need for sustainable transport system in India. Scania strives to minimise the environmental impact of their products, both during manufacture and during use. The company does this by taking into account the environmental effects throughout the life cycle of our trucks, buses and engines. The Scania product concept and production system are characterised by resource efficiency and the principle of caution. Their environmental work is about economising resources and energy as well as on meeting customer demands such as low fuel consumption and emissions. Scania’s recipe for sustainable transport combines tradition with fresh thinking – renewable fuels, hybrid technology, a focus on driver training and greater efficiency in the transport system. Scania has some 20 years of experience in developing vehicles that use alternative fuels such as ethanol. Postal address:

Plot No.64-66, 88-97Narasapura KIADB Industrial Area,Achhatanahhi Village, Narsapura Hobli,Taluk/District -Kolar Facsimile:Karnataka .Pin – 563133 +91(0)81 52288300

PRESS infoScania is certified according to the ISO 140001 standard, and the environmental policy applies to all of the company’s activities.”

About ICEPT 2015

An innovation-focused exhibition, featuring premieres, innovation track and two day conference focused on innovations, vehicle engineering, latest technology, alternate fuel, vehicular emission control, strategic and policy based topics.

About ASRTU

ASRTU came into existence on August 13, 1965 to act as a common platform for member SRTUs to share their experiences and best practices and knowhow for dealing with the various problems faced by them and to help them improve their performance. ASRTU has 62 Members who collectively operates 150,000 Buses and serve 70 Million Passenger a day and provide efficient, economic, safe and reliable public transport facility in urban, hilly and rural areas across the country. ASRTU has expertise of 50 years for promoting Public Transport in the country. At present, 62 SRTUs are the backbone of mobility for the urban and rural population across the country and providing gainful employment to 1 million workers.

Scania India

Scania has been represented in the Indian market since 2007. In 2011, Scania established the company Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd. to strengthen its presence through sales to additional segments of the Indian commercial vehicle market and to widen its offer of Sustainable Transport Solutions. Scania has launched a range of on-road haulage truck models specially adapted for the Indian market – India’s most powerful puller the R 580 V8 6x4, the G 460 6x4 and the G 410 6x2 and also the off-road P 410 8x4 Mining and Coal Tipper. Scania has a partnership with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in the Mining segment.

In the beginning of 2013 Scania launched a new bus range, Scania Metrolink 12, 13.7 and 14.5 m to meet the growing need of Safer, Sustainable and Comfortable travelling. The new bus range is purpose-designed for luxury Intercity or Charter travels.

Scania has world class experience in mobility solutions run on biofuels and Scania brings this unique offer to India. Scania handed over the first ethanol run Green Bus in India to the city of Nagpur in August 2014. Public transport on ethanol buses is a cost effective way of reducing several of the city's environmental problems. The solutions developed create the necessary preconditions for comfortable commuting and also better living conditions in city centers, without requiring major investments in new infrastructure. With this ethanol bus, Scania also introduced an engine complying with Bharat stage 5, which is a huge step to minimize emissions. Biofuels is the sustainable solution for urban public transport available here and now.

The company inaugurated its first Industrial Facility in Narasapura, Bangalore, in October, 2013 and inaugurated its first bus plant in March 2015. With a collective investment of Rs. 3 billion, this facility serves as the centre of the company’s commercial operations in the country. The service workshop and a central parts warehouse, is housed at the same site.

Scania has a current production capacity of 2500 trucks and 1000 buses, and aims to double its capacity by 2020 with a target of selling 5000 trucks and 2500 buses annually. In next five years, Scania will also expand its employee pool to 1200 people at this facility.

Postal address:

Plot No.64-66, 88-97Narasapura KIADB Industrial Area,Achhatanahhi Village, Narsapura Hobli,Taluk/District -Kolar Facsimile:Karnataka .Pin – 563133 +91(0)81 52288300

PRESS infoScania launched the company’s engines range in India in 2013. Scania has been establishing a network of dealers across the South and Western regions of India to support the customers with the best parts and service availability.

In India, Scania buses & trucks have been specially designed to meet local conditions and customer requirements, and are backed by world class service network and dealership in the country. Scania is delivering high quality Sustainable Transportation Solutions for India. At the same time Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability is at the core of Scania’s offer.

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Postal address:

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