Question about OmniExpress

[Marcel van der Geugten]

Hello busfans,

I got a qustion about the Scania OmniExpress and the question was : In which factory and country  is it build ??

Greetings from Holland

Marcel
http://touringcarteam-marcel.fotopic.net

[Bergenga]

The OmniExpress (for all markets) is produced in Lahden Autokori Oy's new factory in Lahti, Finland.

(The other models from Lahden Autokori are produced in the old factory in Villähde just outside Lahti.)

[Marcel van der Geugten]

Thanks for the answer :-)

Greetings from Holland ,

Marcel

[Bergenga]

No problem. I have actually visited the factory, and it's a really nice and modern factory. It was built for the production of OmniExpress and has a very modern way of building. For example the front and rear parts are built almost complete "on the floor" before they are mounted on the body. This makes a lot of difference for the workers.


Here is a pic from the last part of the assembly line, which was the only part of the factory where we were allowed to photograph. All buses in the picture were for Norway.
I also have some exterior shots, but they haven't been through Photoshop yet, so they'll have to wait.




But since you asked I get curious; have OmniExpress started to appear in the BeNeLux aera too?
I know they are sold all the way from Russia to UK, but not in large numbers. Norway is probably the country with most OmniExpresses yet (well over 100), but I think Sweden are catching up as Scania haven't sold much in Norway recently.