Volvo Trucks North America announced Wednesday that the company and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement more than a month after a strike began at its Virginia plant.
The tentative three-year agreement would cover approximately 2,600 UAW members at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Va. The company said it would not […]

U.S. President George W. Bush liked what he saw yesterday during a tour of Volvo and Mack carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks, hosted by Volvo Group CEO Leif Johansson.
The president toured the display hall at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference yesterday, where seven Volvo Group trucks — six Volvo truck models and one Mack Truck — each […]

Dennis R. Slagle, president and CEO, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., has been named president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks, Inc., succeeding Paul L. Vikner. The appointment of Slagle, who will also become a member of Volvo’s Global Executive Committee, is effective April 1, 2008.
Vikner will become vice chairman of the Mack […]

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are launching a new program that will eliminate freight charges for most emergency replacement parts, the companies have announced.
The program will be launched in Canada at the end of March. If a part is not available at a local Volvo or Mack dealership, but is available within the […]

Swedish heavy-vehicle maker Volvo reported a six per-cent increase in pre-tax income for the fourth quarter 2007, saying it expected higher demand for trucks in Europe while demand was still weak in North America and Japan.
Pre-tax income was 5.6 billion kronor ($A968.91 million), compared to 5.22 billion kronor in the corresponding period 2006 for the […]

It’s been almost 80 years since Volvo began exporting trucks and buses to the United States. But these days the Swedish firm’s bottom line is being sorely punished Stateside. Sales in North America fell 23% in the fourth quarter, and by a third in the year 2007, the company said Wednesday.
The firm blamed “continued low […]

Greensboro’s Volvo Trucks North America saw a 5 percent decline in deliveries of its trucks in 2007, even as deliveries increased in the fourth quarter.
The company delivered 31,889 trucks in the fourth quarter, a 6 percent increase from fourth quarter 2006. But deliveries for the year dipped 5 percent, to 100,109.
Total Volvo truck deliveries […]

India’s third largest commercial vehicles maker signed a letter of intent last December for an alliance whereby Volvo will take a 50% share in Eicher equalling $350 million
Sweden’s Volvo AG, which recently acquired the truck-making business of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. Ltd’s brand of medium and heavy commercial trucks, will start trying to sell them […]

The new-for-2008 Volvo C30 hatchback is courting younger and edgier buyers than those who typically consider the Swedish automaker’s sedans and wagons.
While its well-earned “safety first” image isn’t usually a draw for swinging singles, Volvo hopes that the compact C30 two-door hatchback will bring a younger and more urban-oriented class of buyers to the […]