Knock Down Operations (KDO) Gothenburg, Sweden

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Knock Down Operations (KDO) Gothenburg, Sweden

Plant Manager: Bengt Svensson

Knock Down Operations, abbreviated KDO, is a unit organized within Volvo Car Manufacturing.

KDO's main tasks are:

- Assembly of cars in the KD Plants in South Asia (Malaysia, Thailand) and South Africa.

- Packing and Supply of components.

- Manufacturing Engineering of the assembly processes

KDO is located in the following places:

Assembly plants in

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Pretoria, South Africa

Logistics Centre (Packing and Component Supply) in Maastricht, The Netherlands

Quality & Manufacturing Engineering in Gothenburg, Sweden and in Born, The Netherlands

Management and Staff functions (HR, Finance and Project) in Gothenburg, Sweden

Total number of employees (Jan. 2002): 133 (Gothenburg, Maastricht and Born).

Postal & Visiting address Gothenburg, Sweden:

Knock Down Operations (KDO)

Volvo Car Corporation

TH

405 31 Gothenburg

Sweden

Tel. +46 31 595966

Fax. +46 31 599025 

Postal & Visiting address Maastricht, the Netherlands:

Knock Down Operations (KDO)

Graanmolen 9-11

6229 PA

Maastricht

The Netherlands

Tel. +31 43 356 9300

Fax. +31 43 356 9399