Press releases 2006

12/20/2006Big order to Volvo Buses in CanadaVolvo Buses’ subsidiary in Canada, Nova Bus, has been selected as supplier of 322 articulated buses by the Province of Quebec`s transit authorities with deliveries in 2009-2012.
12/19/2006Eco-award goes to Volvo’s cab factoryThe Volvo Trucks cab factory in Umeå has received the local authority’s eco-award for 2006.
12/19/2006Major order for Volvo Trucks in the NetherlandsVolvo Trucks in the Netherlands has received an order for 200 trucks from Den Hartogh Liquid Logistics, a specialist in the transport of bulk liquids for the chemical industry in Europe.
12/19/2006Truck deliveries January-November 2006Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group’s three truck companies increased 3% through November this year, compared with the year-earlier period.
12/18/2006Volvo Truck Centers in Poland to start distribution of Nissan trucksThe Central-East European Region of Volvo Truck Corporation and Nissan Sales Central & Eastern Europe have agreed on conditions to enable the distribution of three of Nissan’s light commercial vehicles in Poland.
12/14/2006Volvo Aero in collaboration with PWR and NASA on the return to the moonPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) has selected Volvo Aero to participate in the early development phase of the nozzles for the J-2X engine, destined for NASA’s new manned launcher ARES I, the successor of the current Space Shuttle.
12/7/2006Volvo Ocean Race is among world’s largest media eventsThe 2005/2006 Volvo Ocean Race reached more than 1.8 billion TV viewers worldwide, which is more than twice as many compared with the preceding race.
12/7/2006Volvo invests in conductor technology for hybrid vehiclesSemi-conductor material silicon carbide is one of the hottest substances today in the world of research into hybrid vehicles.
12/5/2006110 school buses to Northern IrelandVolvo Buses has received an order for 110 Volvo B7R buses from Translink in Northern Ireland. The buses will be used as school buses and will be delivered for the start of school in September 2007.
12/4/2006Volvo Penta's most powerful engine Compact, fuel-efficient and with excellent load step performance are characteristics of the new Volvo Penta TWD1643GE diesel engine.
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