Corporate news 2007

12/19/2007Bourke departs as CEO of Volvo Ocean RaceGlenn Bourke has resigned from his position as CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. His decision was taken for family reasons.
12/12/2007Seventh entry into the Volvo Ocean RaceThe Green Team has confirmed it will be the seventh entry into the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, and British sailor Ian Walker is named as skipper and the VO70 is already in build.
12/10/2007Prayad winner of the Volvo Masters of AsiaA Thai golfer won the Volvo Masters of Asia on home soil for the second successive year, but it was the Hua Hin-based Prayad Marksaeng and not the defending champion and pre-tournament favourite Thongchai Jaidee.
12/7/2007Focus on ergonomics resulted in health awardThe Renault Trucks cab factory in Blainville has received the Volvo Group Health and Wellbeing Award 2007 for its work on improving workplace ergonomics. The factory received a beautiful diploma at a ceremony in Blainville on December 7.
11/19/2007Singapore confirmed as stopoverSingapore was today confirmed as the Southeast Asian stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 with the signing of an agreement to bring the famous ocean marathon to the resort island of Sentosa.
11/9/2007Olympic team charged their batteries at VolvoNext year sees Beijing hosting the Summer Olympics and this week the Swedish Olympic team got together for a preliminary meeting ahead of the Games. The venue was Göteborg and it included a visit to Volvo.
11/1/2007Volvo’s Environment Prize 2007Today, one of the world’s most recognized scientists in the field of energy efficiency, Amory B. Lovins, was awarded Volvo’s Environment Prize 2007. “This prize is a fantastic recognition of our work at the Rocky Mountain Institute,” says Amory B. Lovins.
10/24/2007Claes Svedberg has been appointed Senior Managing Director at Nissan DieselClaes Svedberg has been appointed Senior Managing Director at Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd. He will be located at Nissan Diesel HQ in Ageo, Japan and report to the CEO of Nissan Diesel and for integration matters have a dotted line to the Alliance Office in Gothenburg. He will take up his new position from November 1, 2007.
10/15/2007New Volvo Group assembly plant in KalugaAt a ground breaking ceremony on October 15 in Kaluga, Russia, the first foundation stone was laid for the Volvo Group’s new assembly plant, which will produce trucks for Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks.
10/10/2007Big interest for transport solutions in IndiaHow can the Indian economy develop without having a negative impact on the environment and creating chaos on the roads? This was one of the questions that were discussed at the large transport seminar the Volvo Group recently helped to organise in New Delhi.
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