New Zealand winner of Scania Top Team World Final

1 MinutesBy NZ Trucking magazineDecember 12, 2018

Against 8000 service technicians and parts experts from 70 countries, the team from New Zealand finished in first place and received the prize of EUR 50,000. In total, 12 service teams had qualified through regional and national finals for the Top Team World Final at Scania‘s head office in Södertälje, Sweden.

This year‘s Scania Top Team is the 10th international event since it began in 1989. It has developed from a national training event into today‘s global training programme with focus on practical and theoretical skills. The finalists in 2018‘s competition were Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands and United Arab Emirates. New Zealand took the victory, with Switzerland in second place and Austria in third.

“Our service teams play a significant role for Scania‘s success,” said Mathias Carlbaum, executive vice president, commercial operations at Scania. “Their dedication, knowledge and efficiency contribute in the highest possible way to the creation of added value for our customers, making sure that our customers‘ vehicles are quickly back on the road in a roadworthy, safe and efficient way.”

In Sweden as well as globally there is a shortage of service technicians. Scania alone needs annually to recruit more than 1000 service technicians throughout the world in the coming years.

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