Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania AB announced on Tuesday that it would establish a completely knocked down (CKD) assembly unit for truck and bus chassis in the Narasapura Industrial area in Bangalore. Henrik Fagrenius, Managing Director, Scania, said the facility would later be utilised for bus body building of city coaches, and as a service workshop. The company planned to invest Rs.150 crore next year, Mr. Fagrenius said. The first truck was expected to roll out from the facility in 2013, he said. Scania expects to employ up to 800 people in this facility over the next five years. The company expects that about 2,000 heavy haulage trucks and 1,000 inter-city buses and coaches to be rolled out from this plant during this period. The company also proposes to sell engines to its OEM.
