Leading Manufacturing Companies – Scania CV India

For Scania CV India, employee retention comes high on their list. Rugeland says, “As R&D head, I consider employees to be our most important tool. To recruit and empower good engineers is a good recipe for an innovative organisation. Sitting together on top of the factory and working cross functionally with both production, purchasers and suppliers and utilising experience and expertise from various backgrounds are also a good enabler for innovation.” He believes that it is important to empower people by establishing a culture of innovation, investing in technology tools to support innovative processes and platforms they need to do their jobs better.
The move from being a mere product supplier to more of a solutions provider is in itself a big innovation, specially in India. Some of the key examples of solving local transportation needs are introducing sustainable public transport vehicles with ethanol powered green bus in Nagpur and bio-diesel retrofitted engines for KSTRC in Karnataka.
Product wise, the company recently launched P440 8X4 20.2 m3 U-Body tipper for Indian mines. This is a classic example where the use of high-strength materials and a new innovative design allowed an increased payload on the same vehicle and increased the fuel efficiency for customers. “We can also leverage the innovations of our global organisation. We have the knowhow, methods and experience to ensure superior quality and provide a high safety level on our products,” says Rugeland.