...to lead a merger with Swedish rival Scania, also controlled by VW.Volkswagen owns two-thirds of the Swedish truckmaker Scania, as well as a 29.9 per cent stake...aggressive attempt in 2006 to take over Scania - a group he worked at for 23 years...

...demonstrated his ambition with his hostile takeover bid for Sweden's Scania in 2006. But Mr Piëch, since cleverly sorting out VW's problems...imply combining it with VW's own light trucks business and with Scania, of which VW has secured 70 per control since MAN's takeover...

...similar measures to give incentives for shorter working weeks." American unemployment shot up all the same.Leif Östling, head of Scania, the Swedish truckmaker, does not mince his words when talking about Kurzarbeit : "I do not think Germany has found the formula...

...similar measures to give incentives for shorter working weeks." American unemployment shot up all the same.Leif Östling, head of Scania, the Swedish truckmaker, does not mince his words when talking about Kurzarbeit: "I do not think Germany has found the formula...

Volvo said that demand for its trucks and other products had reached bottom, and forecast a gradual recovery for most of its

...travelled there the day after leaving Östhammar and found a town of apartment blocks and shopping streets. Oskarshamn has a Scania truck-cab factory, a proud municipal graveyard and two local newspapers. Huge cruise liners turn around in the port. Of the...

...comment.VW owns a two-thirds majority of Swedish truckmaker Scania, as well as a 29.9 per cent stake in MAN.MAN last year bought...that the Bavarian truckmaker, which led a failed attempt to buy Scania two years ago, could become the centre of a future truck group...

...have products that fit," says Hans-Ake Danielsson of Sweden's Scania, whose customers include the Belgian and French armies.Aside...maintenance to their suppliers. The Dutch army in 2003 awarded Scania a contract for 555 multi-wheeled trucks in what was the Swedish...

...until 1980.1968Saab merges with the truck and bus manufacturer Scania-Vabis. Both are controlled by the Wallenberg group of companies...takes a 50 per cent stake in the automobile division of Saab-Scania, which is re-organised as Saab Automobile AB. Despite the success...

...the French energy company, also lost ground, its shares falling 0.7 per cent to €39.53.Scania, the Swedish truckmaker, dropped 2.4 per cent to SKr81.50. Scania, whose shares are majority controlled by Volkswagen, was only just profitable in the second...