According to the China Automobile Dealers Association, a total of 67,600 heavy-duty trucks were sold in China in August, rising 65.65 percent year-on-year and up by 3.89 percent on a monthly basis. Among them, the number of sold tractor trucks reached 39,700, surged by 83.19 percent from a year earlier and 13.04 percent month-on-month.

The Rugao factory will be a good complement to Scania's existing facilities in China, including a research and development office in Shanghai, a cross-member production base in Wuxi of Jiangsu province, and a side member production base in Qingdao of Shandong province.

The national-level economic and technological development zone where Scania's Rugao facility is based also houses 476 large-scale supporting enterprises. The county-level city of Rugao is 150 kilometers northwest of Shanghai.