TRATON to gather brands’ R&D departments under one umbrella, headed by Niklas Klingenberg

The 9,000 Group R&D employees will be joining forces with around 3,000 colleagues in R&D teams at the TRATON brands. According to the Group, "by repositioning Research & Development, the entire Group will capitalize on the TRATON Modular System to a far greater extent than before".

By Editorial staff

Since the beginning of July, approximately 9,000 employees from the R&D departments of Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus have come together under one Group R&D umbrella, headed by Niklas Klingenberg, the TRATON Executive Board member responsible for Research & Development in the TRATON GROUP.

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More into details, the 9,000 Group R&D employees will be joining forces with around 3,000 colleagues in R&D teams at the TRATON brands. According to the Group, “by repositioning Research & Development, the entire Group will capitalize on the TRATON Modular System to a far greater extent than before”.

TRATON to revolutionize R&D organization within the Group

The overall focus is on developing modular components that can be used by different brands, while the goal is for the same technology to serve various performance steps and thereby meet different customer requirements. Now that the cooperation between Group R&D and Brand Identity Development (BID) is evolving, it will accelerate the development of the TRATON Modular System to deliver sustainable, efficient, and connected transportation solutions to the market.

“The forthcoming closer cooperation in R&D will make us both quicker and more efficient, enabling us to develop more precisely targeted innovations and bring products to market earlier. This approach means we can avoid duplication of work and, at the same time, consistently tailor our product portfolio optimally to the needs of different customers across all our brands. Every single engineer and talent in our organization is indispensable in ensuring the bright future of the TRATON GROUP. Our success depends on their expertise”, stated Niklas Klingenberg.

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