Scania Commercial Vehicles has set up an assembly plant in India to manufacture about 2,500 heavy haulage trucks and 1,000 inter-city buses and coaches annually at a factory near Bangalore.

Currently the localisation is 18% for trucks and 100% for bus bodies, the company told Economic Times of India.

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The facility will serve as the company’s head office and centre for all commercial operations with final assembly of trucks with bodywork and building of complete coaches, along with a service workshop and a central parts warehouse.

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