Swedish Scania, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy duty trucks, plans to increase its share in the segment of new heavy trucks (full weight over 16 tonnes) to 14% this year, while in 2017 it was 11.4%, Commercial director of Scania Ukraine Andriy Kurylo has told Interfax-Ukraine. According to him, in 2017 in the Scania Ukraine dealer network sold 323 trucks in Ukraine, while the market of these trucks was 2,834 units (all brands, including Western brands, as well as MAZ, KrAZ, KAMAZ and Chinese manufacturers), including 1,838 vehicles of the Western brands (the “Great Seven” plus Ford).
According to Kurylo, this year the market of new heavy trucks can grow by at least 50%, since already by the results of the first quarter the market showed this increase in comparison with the same period of the last year.
“Scania in Ukraine is among the leaders of the market, and our share in it has been stable for the past two years – about 20% among Western brands and about 11% among all manufacturers. But if in 2016 truck sales in Ukraine were low, then in 2017 thanks to deferred demand, the market has almost doubled,” Kurylo said.
He stressed that this year the company plans to continue working with “top customers.”
“This year we have quite aggressive plans. We intend to increase our share primarily by launching a new series of trucks in Ukraine, which has been operating in Europe for two years and has very positive feedback,” the commercial director said.
Scania introduced in Ukraine a new complete line of new generation trucks for all types of transportation, in the creation of which more than SEK 20 billion was invested, late March.
Commenting on the development of the company’s dealer network in Ukraine, Kurylo said that today, Scania has 11 centers, including three opened last year and one this year. He also said that the company offers customers not only new, but also used Scania trucks. The distribution company Scania Ukraine LLC has been operating on the Ukrainian market since 1998 (before that there was a representative office since 1993). SCANIA is part of the division of Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses with weight of over 16 tonnes.
HEAVY TRUCK MARKET, SWEDISH SCANIA
