SCANIA AND GCC OLAYAN
LAUNCH NEW TRUCK GENERATION IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA • Scania has launched its new truck generation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in full range - long-haulage, urban, and construction (XT) applications. • Scania’s new truck generation focuses on customer profitability, by providing customised transportation solutions for an even better total operating economy.
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cania, the world’s leading provider of transport solutions, has announced the launch of its new and complete truck range in Saudi Arabia, together with GCC Olayan, the exclusive distributor of Scania in the Kingdom since 1981. Scania’s new truck generation is extending its offering, and can now, with its unique modular system, supply more performance steps, connectivity, and a comprehensive palette of productivityenhancing services as well as customised transportation solutions. The promise is that Scania’s customers will always be able to carry out their work in the most sustainable and profitable way, regardless of industry and area of application. With the complete new truck range, which includes the Scania XT and heavy tipper vehicles, Scania is setting a new standard for what is premium in the transport industry. The result of ten years of development work 16 PlantAndEquipment.com | February 2019
and investments of over two billion Euros, the new truck generation builds on the values, strategies, and innovations, which for the past 127 years have made Scania an industry leader. Scania’s heavy tipper is a robust partner developed for optimised performance in the toughest conditions, at a significantly lower cost per tonne and an excellent equipment-topayload ratio, at a 25% payload increase. The Scania XT offers a solid design that caters to customers who carry out the most challenging tasks with the toughest demands in terms of uptime, productivity, and robustness, with enhanced features to deal with the various challenges the vehicles face in their daily assignments. Loaded with enhancements, the new truck range further improves Scania’s already strong fuel performance due to factors