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| Predecessors | |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Defunct | 1995 |
| Fate | Split |
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| Headquarters | Sweden |
Saab-Scania AB was a Swedish vehicle manufacturer that was formed from the 1969 merger of Saab AB and Scania-Vabis. The company was split in 1995.
History
[edit]Truck and bus manufacturer Scania AB of Södertälje merged with car and aeroplane manufacturer Saab AB of Trollhättan on 1 September 1969,[1][2] under the Wallenberg family group of companies. The merger meant that Saab no longer had to import the British Triumph Slant-4 engine, and could instead use the engine production facilities of Scania. In 1972 they started manufacturing the 2.0 L B version. In 1977, Saab took advantage of Scania's experience with turbochargers and added one to the engine, thus creating one of the earliest turbocharged automobile engines to be produced in large numbers.[citation needed]
When the corporation was split in 1995, the name of the truck and bus division changed back to Scania AB. Saab Aircraft (Saab AB) and Saab cars were also split, with General Motors buying a major holding in Saab Automobile AB.
Divisions
[edit]Saab-Scania consisted of following divisions:
- Aircraft (traded under the Saab AB brand) – until 1995
- Cars (traded under the Saab Automobile brand) – until 1990
- Trucks & Buses (traded under the Scania brand) – until 1995
Subsidiaries
[edit]Saab-Scania had following subsidiaries:
- AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA) – until 1981
- Jönköping – until 1983
- Nordarmatur – until 1983
- Parca Norrahammar – until 1983
- MJ – until 1984
- Enertech – to 1988
- Combitech – from 1982 to 1995
- Saab-Valmet – from 1968 to 1992
See also
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- Marcus Wallenberg-hallen – Scania Museum in Södertälje, Sweden
- Swedish Air Force Museum – aircraft museum in Linköping, Sweden
References
[edit]- ↑ Berg, Jørgen Seemann (1995). King of the road i femti år: Norsk Scania AS 1945–1995 (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Norsk Scania AS. p. 85. ISBN 82-993693-0-4.
- ↑ Gunston, Bill (2005). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 164. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.
Further reading
[edit]- Olson, Björn (1988). The Saab-Scania Story. Stockholm: Streiffert & Co. ISBN 9178860148.
External links
[edit]- Saab Aerotech website
- Saab Automobile website
- The Saab Car Museum
- Scania corporate site
- Scania Museum at Södertälje
- Saab Group website
- Saab Seaeye
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- Bus manufacturers of Sweden
- Truck manufacturers of Sweden
- Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden
- Saab
- Aircraft manufacturers of Sweden
- Scania AB
- Companies related to the Wallenberg family
- Robotics companies
- Robotics in Sweden
- Companies formerly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1969
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1995
- 1969 establishments in Sweden
- Car manufacturers of Sweden
- 1995 disestablishments in Sweden
- Companies disestablished in 1995
- Swedish companies disestablished in the 1990s
- Swedish companies established in 1969