Scania OmniExpress [SEP] manufacturer
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History.
In the spring of 2007, Scania announced a collaboration with Finnish bus and coach bodywork manufacturer "Lahden Autokori Oy" ("Lahti") to build a series of semi-integral coaches known as Scania OmniExpress. Scania and Lahden Autokori had since 2001 collaborated on the low-entry city bus "Lahti Scala", built on L94UB and later K UB chassis. A new production plant in Lahti was built for the new product line. From the beginning the OmniExpress was available in two heights;
Scania would take over the production plant in Lahti with their new subsidiary "SOE Bus Production Oy" from 1 May. Production of the 3.20 LE started shortly after this.
In April 2014, two CNG-powered LK 305 IB4x2NB OmniExpress 3.20 were delivered to Trelleborg Municipality for use as school buses. With this, Scania became the first manufacturer to currently offer step-entrance CNG-powered buses in the Nordic countries.
In late 2014, the first OmniExpress were manufactured at "Scania Production Słupsk S.A." in Słupsk,