Scania building new flagship site at Eurocentral

Scania has invested £10m in a new flagship site and regional headquarters in Scotland.

The 4,000 sq m development is a on a 7.8-acre site at Eurocentral and replaces the existing site in Bellshill four miles away. Built in accordance with Scania’s global dealership template with modern workshops, parts department, office space and secure parking, it includes a number of sustainable initiatives and has been designed with future transport in mind.

All energy usage will be fossil free with a high-efficiency underfloor air-source heating system and roof-mounted energy-generating photovoltaic panels as well as water recycling in its vehicle wash.

The site will also be able to maintain and charge Scania’s range of new Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) and full Battery Electric (BEV) trucks.

"Scotland has been a key market for Scania since we began importing trucks into the UK back in the mid-1960s," says Martin Hay, MD of Scania (Great Britain).

"Our continued sales growth and exceptional levels of service have seen our Scottish network grow from a single location into eight professional service centres today. The new Eurocentral facility has been designed to dramatically increase capacity to ensure we can continue to support our customers and reduce our carbon impact for the decades to come. As our latest investment in Scotland, Eurocentral follows the 2015 redevelopment of our Inverness site and move in 2019 into larger, refurbished premises in Dundee.

The site is due for completion in Q4 this year and will have 12 workshop bays, four Balzer inspection pits, an ATF lane and an internal automated truck washing system while the fully-concreted yard will have secure parking for 50 trucks and trailers.