Including 2005, Volvo Cars has produced 14,049,744* cars. Production is largely customer order-driven, imposing major demands on flexibility; among other things, several models are built on the same production line. To avoid holding large inventories, systems and components are delivered by suppliers on the just-in-time principle. The entire process of component manufacture, panel pressing, bodybuilding, surface treatment and final assembly is carried out using a combination of high-tech production technologies and highly-trained assembly operatives.
Our production plants
In 2005, the Volvo factories in Torslanda, Ghent and Uddevalla*** produced a total of 446,588* cars (464,143** cars in 2004) together with our assembly plants in Malaysia, Thailand and South Africa. In Sweden, Volvo Cars manufactures components in Skövde (engines), Olofström (body components) and Floby (crankshafts and brake discs). Production of Volvo’s new generation of convertibles takes place in the Uddevalla factory which is operated by Pininfarina Sverige AB—a company jointly owned by Volvo Cars (40%) and Pininfarina SpA of Italy (60%).
For the past couple of years, Volvo Cars has been investigating the prospects of production in China. This will be done in the form of a jointventure company.
*As from 2004 we report produced cars= cars allocatied to the market.
**Revised numbers.
***The Uddevalla factory is operated by jointly owned company Pininfarina
Sverige AB (Volvo Car Corporation 40%, Pininfarina SpA 60%).