Press releases

7/8/2009Adding Göteborg and Malmö – now Volvo Powertrain has work time reduction agreements at all sites in SwedenVolvo Powertrain has signed an agreement with the white collar unions in Göteborg and Malmö regarding work time and income reduction.
7/7/2009Volvo Hybrid Double Deck buses unveiled at historic venueThe historic venue of Alexandra Palace in London provided a fitting backdrop today (Tuesday 7th July) for the world debut of the first of a new generation of highly fuel efficient and environmentally friendly Volvo Hybrid Double Deck buses to Arriva London.
7/3/2009Volvo secures record truck order in IndiaVolvo Trucks in India has secured an order for 125 trucks. It is the company’s largest order since being established in the country.
7/2/2009Investment in Volvo’s fuel-cell technology to create 100 new positionsIn partnership with international corporations Midroc and OCAS, the Swedish Energy Agency and the Volvo Group are investing SEK 200 M in Volvo’s development of fuel cells. The investment will create around 100 new positions in the Gothenburg region within the next three years.
7/2/2009Volvo Aero Norway signs agreement with Snecma, Safran group concerning continued cooperation on CFM56In conjunction with the international Paris Air Show, Volvo Aero and the French engine manufacturer Snecma signed an agreement stating that Volvo Aero Norway will supply components for the new, enhanced engine for the Boeing 737 aircraft, the CFM56-7BE. As Snecma is Volvo Aero Norway’s single largest customer, this agreement is of great importance to Volvo Aero Norway.
6/30/2009Invitation to press and teleconference AB Volvo hereby invites the media to a press conference on Tuesday, 21 July in conjunction with the release of the Volvo Group’s interim report for the second quarter of 2009.
6/26/2009Snecma and Volvo Aero sign key agreement in principle for deliveries up to 2014At the Paris Air Show, Snecma and Volvo Aero agreed on the basic principles of a five-year partnership between the two companies in the field of space propulsion. The agreement between Snecma and Volvo Aero involves the series production of 37 nozzles and the same number of turbines, which will be manufactured by Volvo Aero in Trollhättan from the end of 2009 until mid-2014. For Volvo Aero, sales of several hundreds of millions of Swedish kronor will be secured through the agreement.
6/24/2009Heavy trucks of the future will be super-light The Volvo Group’s engineers have created a method for constructing trucks that weigh less while carrying the same payload. Lighter vehicles would entail a significant reduction in fuel consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions.
6/23/2009Volvo Group begins selling trucks that meet EPA2010 emissions standardsAB Volvo’s North American subsidiary, Volvo Trucks North America, has begun selling vehicles that meet the new US emissions standards, EPA2010, which come into effect in 2010. The trucks meet the standards using SCR, Selective Catalytic Reduction, which also increases fuel efficiency and reduces carbon emissions. Initial production is scheduled for autumn 2009.
6/23/2009Susan Solomon wins the Volvo Environment Prize for 2009 – delivering findings on ozone layer depletion and prominent on the UN climate panelOne of the world’s leading atmospheric scientists will arrive in Sweden this autumn to receive what has become over the last 20 years one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes: the Volvo Environment Prize, awarded by an independent foundation. In expeditions to Antarctica Susan Solomon was able to map the mechanisms underlying the hole in the ozone layer. In recent years, she has led the most prestigious working group within the UN’s climate panel and recently warned that manmade global climate changes may be irreversible — that is, even if human carbon dioxide emissions are stopped, the changes they are provoking can last more than 1000 years.
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