By Chen Jiayi

  From 13th to 14th March, good news came from Scania Industrial Operations Asia’s 2nd Supplier Conference held in Rugao: the first trial vehicle of Scania Rugao Industrial Production Base successfully rolled off the assembly line and carried out national road testing. It is expected to be officially put into production in the fourth quarter of the year. 

  In May 2020, Scania, ‘the King of the Road’ in the truck industry, settled in Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone as a sole proprietorship. In June 2022, it started to build Scania’s third global production base after Europe and South America. In October 2023, phase 2 powertrain project started construction. The power train production project was added to the existing vehicle project. Up to now, the Rugao base will have a complete production chain. 

  What is worth mentioning is that Scania’s production base in Rugao is not only the only one in China, but also the largest investment project of the group over the past 60 years. 

  Up to now, Rugao has formed an automobile industrial chain led by Scania, with high-quality parts projects such as Double Coin Tyre Group Ltd. and Jiangsu Huayong. It covers 3 panels, which are vehicle manufacturing, auto parts and hydrogen energy storage. 

  ‘Rugao industrial production base, as the most advanced and most sustainable industrial production base of Scania in the world, will break Scania's production capacity bottleneck and inject new momentum into the global production system.’ Ruthger de Vries, the President of Scania Industrial Operations Asia, said, ‘the commissioning of the benchmark factory will benefit both China and the global market.’ 

  Fang Tinghai, General Manager of Adler Pelzer Group China, looked forward to the official launch of the Scania Rugao Base project. ‘After Scania invested in Rugao, we followed their pace to carry out the development of automotive interior and exterior products in China simultaneously. At present the group is planning to build a new factory around Rugao.’

【背景阅读】

斯堪尼亚首辆“中国造”试制车下线

    3月13日至14日，在如皋举办的斯堪尼亚亚洲工业运营第二届供应商大会上传出喜讯：斯堪尼亚如皋工业生产基地首辆试制车已成功下线并展开全国路试，预计今年四季度正式投产。

    2020年5月，卡车界的“公路之王”斯堪尼亚以独资的形式落户如皋经济技术开发区；2022年6月，启动建设斯堪尼亚继欧洲、南美之后的全球第三个生产基地；2023年10月，二期动力总成项目破土动工，在整车项目的基础上新增了动力总成生产项目，至此，如皋基地将具备完整的生产链。

    值得一提的是，斯堪尼亚落子如皋的生产基地不仅全国唯一，也是该集团近60年来最大的投资项目。

    目前，如皋已形成以斯堪尼亚为龙头，以双钱轮胎、江苏华永等优质零部件项目为骨干的汽车产业链，覆盖整车制造、汽车零部件和氢能储能等三大板块。

    “如皋工业生产基地作为斯堪尼亚全球最先进、最可持续的工业生产基地，将打破斯堪尼亚产能瓶颈，为全球生产体系注入新动能。”斯堪尼亚亚洲工业运营总裁Ruthger de Vries说，“这座标杆工厂的投产，将使中国与全球市场同步受益。”

    阿德勒佩尔哲集团中国区总经理房廷海对斯堪尼亚如皋基地项目的正式投产十分期待。“斯堪尼亚在如皋投资之后，我们也紧跟其步伐在中国同步开展汽车内外饰产品的开发工作，目前集团计划在如皋周边建立新的工厂。”

    作者：陈嘉仪