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20 July 2018 | AutoData EVENT » AUTODATA SEMINAR “Our production will increase 40% compared to 2017, and 68% of the total volume will be exported. We have just inaugurated an export line at the São Bernardo do Campo factory, an investment of R$ 15 million. It functions as a sequenced, streamlined, full production line, but produces, instead of ready-made trucks and buses, our kits for exportation.” Christopher Podgorski, president and CEO of Scania Latin America “The confidence index of the industry has decreased a lot in the last month, regarding the customer and the industrial production as well: we have even noticed, moreover, some companies receiving smaller orders than those that arrived before the truck drivers’ strike.” George Rugitsky, counselor of Sindipeças “The return of payroll tributes will have impact in our costs. We will need to adapt to this new reality to follow the resumption of the automotive sector. This government decision shows their lack of experience in negotiations during a strike.” Osias Galantine, commercial director of Aethra “It will be necessary to evaluate how we can absorb this new cost related to the return of payroll tributes.” Amaury Rossi, business director of Eaton