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4 7.30 to 8.4.2018 S ão Bernardo do Campo - Scania presented on Thursday, 2, the new line of trucks that will replace the current PGR, two years after the global launch realized in Europe. The vehicles production is a result of R$ 2,6 billion announced in investments until 2020, an amount that the company uses to prepare the national production of new truck cabins and engines that compose the new line and starts to integrate the company’s offer in February. Until now, bringing the production to Brazil consumed R$ 1,5 billion of the total announced for the 2016-2020 cycle. The expenditures reached R$ 400 million. Painting and cabin welding areas and new equipment in the São Bernardo do Campo factory, SP. In Tucuman, Argentina, Scania invested in modernizing the machinery to produce the components of the transmission box which integrates the new vehicles. The remainder of what has been invested so far has been used to the development of the trucks. According to Christopher Podgorski, president of the company, apart from the Scania renews trucks’ line in South America Bruno de Oliveira | bruno@autodata.com.br Launch Disclosure