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"Scania AB, formerly AB Scania-Vabis, is a major Swedish automotive
industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles – specifically heavy trucks and
buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as
marine and general industrial applications. Scania AB (Aktiebolaget, English:
Company) was formed in 1911 through the merger of Södertälje-based Vabis (Vagnsfabriks-Aktiebolaget
i Södertälje, English: Carriage Company in Sodertalje) and Malmö-based
Maskinfabriks-Aktiebolaget Scania, English: Machine Factory Company
Scania). The company's head office has been in Södertälje since 1912. It dates
its roots as back as 1891 when Vabis was established.
On 1 September
1969, Scania merged with Saab AB, and formed Saab-Scania
AB. When Saab-Scania was split in 1995, the name of the truck and bus division
changed simply to Scania AB. One year later, Scania AB was introduced on the
stock exchange, which resulted in a minor change of name to Scania AB (publ).
Volkswagen AG gained ownership of Scania by first buying Volvo's stake in
2000, after the latter's aborted takeover attempt, increasing it to 36.4% in
the first quarter 2007. It then bought out Investor AB in March 2008, raising
its share to 70.94%. The deal was approved by regulatory bodies in July 2008.
Scania then became the ninth marque in the Volkswagen Group. By 1 January
2015,
Volkswagen controlled 100% of the shares in Scania AB."
Sources:
http://www.scania.com/group/en/section/about-scania/heritage/,|
https://www.scania.com/group/en/the-first-bus/ and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania_AB
The logo evolution is as
follows:
- 1901-1911: Scania’s first logo consisted of a pedal crank from a
bicycle with a griffin head in the middle, from Maskinfabriks-Aktiebolaget
Scania, as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1901-1911.jpg
- 1911-1954: The red griffin head with its golden crown followed in the
new logo a decade later when Scania merged with VABIS, as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1911-1954.jpg
- 1954-1969: A modernised logo with standardised proportions and colours
was created in 1954, as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1954-1969.jpg
- 1969-1984: During these 15 years, Scania left the Griffin and instead
used the company name spelled out in script as its logo , as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1969-1984.jpg
- 1984-1995: During the Saab-Scania era the pedal crank was replaced by
spherical rings, as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1984-1995.jpg
- 1995-today: In 1995 the logo with the pedal crank and the griffin was
resurrected in a modern form (including the name below), as seen here:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/1995-today.jpg
Source:
https://www.scania.com/group/en/griffin-watching-over-scania/
Its
flag is the logo, which features "a Griffin, from the Coat of Arms of the
province of Scania".
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania_AB
The flag is seen here,
using the 1995-today logo over a white horizontal background:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7774/18088109408_be13619fa0_b.jpg
(source:
http://keywordsuggest.org/gallery/576427.html)
For additional
information go to Scania (official website):
https://www.scania.com/
Esteban Rivera, 9 August 2017
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