Margareta Lewin appointed Head of Human Resources

12/17/1998 10:34 AM EST

Margareta Lewin has been appointed Head of Human Resources, and a member of
Scania's Executive Management. She will assume her new post on 15 January
1999.

Ms. Lewin was appointed as a consultant on 1 September 1998 to undertake a
total review of Scania's personnel function.

During the last ten years, Margareta Lewin has been Head of Human Resources of
the AGA Group and, more recently, of the Esselte Group. She established her
own firm of consultants, specialising in managerial and leadership issues, at
the beginning of 1998.

For further information, please contact Louise Jarn Melander, Communications
and Public Affairs tel. +46 8 5538 1212, mobil +46 70 607 6030 eller Margareta
Lewin, Human Resources tel +46 8 5538 2227, mobil +46 07 575 0163.

Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for
heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. With
23,800 employees and production facilities in Europe and Latin America, Scania
is one of the most profitable companies in its sector. In 1997, turnover
totalled SEK 39,700 million and income after financial items SEK 2,800
million. Scania products are marketed in about 100 countries worldwide and
approximately 95% of total production is sold outside Sweden.

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