2005 News Releases - USA
| GREENSBORO, NC (November 22, 2005) – Mark Butcosk’s interest in the new Volvo VT 880 resulted in a trip to the 2006 Daytona 500, courtesy of Volvo Trucks North America’s “Race Day Get Away” promotion. According to Mr. Butcosk, he wanted more information on Volvo’s 625 hp flagship, so he logged onto www.volvotrucks.us.com, where he also discovered and entered the Race Day promotion. |
| BOSTON (October 17, 2005) – Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. announced that it will offer a complete family of Volvo diesel engines to meet the new emissions standards which take effect in 2007. The new family of engines will include 11- and 13-liter models, in addition to the 16-liter Volvo D16 introduced earlier this year. |
| HAGERSTOWN, MD (September 26, 2005) – Ambassador Gunnar Lund and the staff of the Embassy of Sweden toured Volvo Powertrain North America’s production facility here on September 22, to get a first-hand look at Volvo’s $150 million investment in advanced engine production and development technology. |
| GREENSBORO, NC (September 23, 2005) – Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.’s New River Valley Plant received the Commonwealth of Virginia’s highest environmental award for manufacturers. The plant is located in Dublin, Virginia. |
| GREENSBORO, NC (September 13, 2005) – Volvo Trucks customers affected by Hurricane Katrina can take advantage of a payment assistance program from Volvo Commercial Finance to skip payments until January 1, 2006. |
| GREENSBORO, NC (September 9, 2005) – Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. named Lars Thorén as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 1, 2005. Thorén succeeds Rune Alsterholm, who is returning to AB Volvo’s headquarters to serve as vice president – corporate audit, after eight years with Volvo Trucks in Greensboro. |
| GREENSBORO, NC (September 1, 2005) – When competing against the best, only the best equipment will do. In the case of the 2005 National Truck Driving Championships, the winning choice was once again the Volvo VN, which was driven to victory by the overwhelming majority of champions. The NTDC, held each August by the American Trucking Associations, pits the best professional truck drivers in the country against each other in eight different equipment categories. The driving portion of the competition includes turning, maneuvering and backing in extremely tight confines. A flawless run is frequently necessary to win. |
| DALLAS (August 25, 2005) – Owner operators run their trucks wherever and whenever their business takes them. Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. is combining its high-tech Volvo Link satellite communications system with its technical support resources to ensure superior customer support for Volvo VT 880 owners, wherever they are. The Volvo VT 880 is Volvo’s flagship owner operator truck, introduced in February 2005. |
| DALLAS (August 25, 2005) – Why should long-haul truckers have all the fun? Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. today introduced a new standard for heavy transport daycabs, the Volvo VT 800. Like its long-haul brother, the Volvo VT 880, the VT 800 daycab comes standard with the most powerful engine in the industry, the Volvo D16, with up to 625 hp and 2250 lb-ft of torque. |
| GREENSBORO, NC (August 19, 2005) – Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., continued to expand its customer and dealer support with the addition of a new parts distribution center in Baltimore on August 1. The new PDC joins Volvo’s existing PDCs in Reno, Nev., Memphis, Tenn., Columbus, Ohio, Chicago, Dallas and Toronto, Ont. |
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