Scania and Westerman to build Dutch logistics centre

Truck manufacturer Scania and Westerman Logistics have announced that they will build a logistics centre in Hasselt, in the Netherlands which will be operational around next summer.

The centre will specialise in ‘knocked down packages’, packages containing the parts that make up Scania trucks, which will be exported in containers and assembled in the country of export.

The reason for exporting these packages instead of fully-assembled trucks is that many countries, particularly developing ones like Brazil, have high import duties on fully-assembled trucks but not on truck parts.