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1963–1967 [2] First Volvo Car plant outside Sweden [3] Assembly [2] Canada Third non-domestic automobile plant in North America Debut model: Volvo Canadian [4] Canadian assembly shifted to Halifax Plant (1967) [2] Ghent Plant Volvo Car Gent (VCG) YV1: 2: Ghent, Belgium: 1965–present: Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden: Assembly (1965 ...
[2] Volvo’s President Gunnar Engellau, Doctor of Engineering Gustav Larson (one of Volvo’s two founders, the other co-founder, Assar Gabrielsson, having died two years before), and Swedish king Gustaf VI Adolf were on hand for the inauguration. The first car manufactured was an Amazon, while the PV544 was never built in Torslanda.
In the early 1970s, Volvo acquired the passenger car division of the Dutch company DAF, and marketed their small cars as Volvos before releasing the Dutch-built Volvo 340, which went on to be a big seller in the UK market in the 1980s. In 1986 Volvo sold 113,267 cars in the US marking a record year for the company.
The Volvo Kalmar plant was a production facility of Volvo Cars, just outside Kalmar, Sweden. Construction began in 1971 and it opened in 1974. [ 1 ] The plant was one of the most revolutionary automotive production plants in the world at the time.
A 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m 2) plant built over 60,000 vehicles per year for both American and export markets. Capacity can go up to 100,000 vehicles per year if demand calls for it. The facility is Volvo's seventh, joining two European, three Chinese, and one Malaysian location. As of 2022, the plant employs nearly 1,500 people.
The Volvo Group itself considers it started in 1927, when the first car, a Volvo ÖV 4, rolled off the production line at the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg. [11] Only 280 cars were built that year. [12] The first truck, the "Series 1", debuted in January 1928, as an immediate success and attracted attention outside the country. [9]