New Head of Sales and Marketing Overseas at Scania

12/1/2000 8:06 AM EST

Per-Erik Lindquist has been appointed Senior Vice President, Sales and
Marketing Overseas. He will succeed to the position on 1 January 2001 and
will also join the company's Group Management at that time.
Per-Erik Lindquist is currently MD of Scania's Belgian subsidiary, Scania
Belgium.

He will succeed Claes Torén, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Overseas, who will retire on pension next year.

Peter Janssens, currently Aftersales Manager of Scania Belgium, will suc-
ceed Per-Erik Lindquist as MD.
For further information, please contact Bo Östlund, Corporate Communica-
tions,telephone +46-8-553 82846.

Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for
heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. With
25,800 employees and production facilities in Europe and Latin America,

Scania is one of the most profitable companies in its sector. In 1999,
turnover totalled SEK 47,100 million and the result after net interest in-
come/expense was SEK 4,500 million. Scania products are marketed in about
100 countries worldwide and some 95 percent of Scania's vehicles are sold
outside Sweden.

Scania press releases are available on the Internet, www.scania.com

A portrait of Per-Erik Lindquist can be viewed by clicking on Media Services
at www.scania.com