THIS
IS SAAB- SCANIA
During 1972 Saab- Scania AB's gross business amounted to over
$1
billion
while the total
number
of
employees was about 30,000. Saab-
Scania
AS is
now
the largest organization in Scandinavia
for
advanced development work.
FIVE DIVISIONS
From the organizational aspect the company is divided into five
product-oriented
divisions: The Saab Car Division with its main site
in Nykoping is
responsible
for
the overall design,
production
, and marketing
of
Saab cars. The experience gained by the company
in
the automotive field extends back to 1897 when the first Swedi
sh
factory-built
passenger car was manufactured in Sodertalje. During
recent years
Saab car activity has expanded rapidly. In 1972 some 84,000 Saab cars were marketed. Actual development, manufacture,
and
assembly
of
Saab cars takes place in Trollhattan. Saab cars are also assembled at the Saab Valmet factory in Finland, and during
late 1973
an
additional assembly plant was added at Malines, Bel
gium
.
About
one-half
of
the total Saab car production is exported abroad
with the United States being the
largest single
export
market. Today, the Scania Division is one
of
the world's leading manufacturers of
heavy
diesel vehicles with sales in 1972
of
about
14,500 trucks and buses. Some 80 per cent
of
the production
of
trucks, buses and
diesel engines
is
sold outside Sweden. The main site
of
the Scania Division is Sodertalje, where the development, production
and
market-
Ing of trucks and engines takes place. Outside Sweden there are Scania plants in Zwolle, Holland and in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The subsid-
iary, Scania-Bussar AB,
is
responsible
for
the
production
and marketing
of
the Scania bus program. The Scania Division
is
also responsible
for
the manufacture
of
engines
for
the Saab
99,
and In this area is one
of
the first companies in the world to depart from the traditional
assembly line
system. Instead, the final assembly
of
Saab
99
engines is done by teams
of
three
or
four persons, able to decide among
themsel
ves
on their
work
methods. Aircraft manufacture was
officially
started in 1937,
but
the actual activity
of
the Aerospace Group
goes back to 1930. After the Second
World War the Aerospace
Group
developed
into
one
of
the leading European manufacturers of
military aircraft. The Aerospace
Group
has a substantial developmental and
production
activi
ty
in the fields both
of
guided missiles and
airborne
electronics. A thriving new departure in the company's business is the
Saab-Scania
Computer
and Electronics
Group
, whi
ch
in a bare ten years has burgeoned into a vigorous Swedish
computer
enterprise
producing
equipment
for
administrative, techn
ic
al
and
scientific data processing. The
Group
also has a division
working
in the medical field
primarily
on
x-ray television and electromedical
equipment.
Another
division produces numerical and process
control
systems
for
the needs
of
industry. In 1968 Nordarmatur was ac-
quired
---
a company
which
is a leading manufacturer
of
valves.
This
company
is
now
merged with Saab- Scan ia
as
the Nordarmatur
Group. The products
of
this
group
cover a wide range, from needle valves
for
pressure gauges
to
armatures.
THIS
IS
SAAB-
SCANIA
OF AMERICA
Saab- Scania
of
America, Inc.,
is
a
wholly
owned subsidiary
of
Saab-Scania
AB
of
Sweden. Organized in the 50's, Saab- Scania of
America has been the
importer
and
distributor
of
Saab cars in the United States since 1956, when the first Saab came into the Un i
ted
States. Saab Scania
of
America is selling its products through some 400 dealers nationally. The
company
is headquartered in Orange,
Connecticut, but
also operates regional offices and parts depots in several strategic locations
throughout
the United States, includi
ng
Torrance,California; Jacksonville, Florida; Schiller Park, Illinois; and
Arlington,
Texas.
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