Volvo Cars adds a third shift and 1,300 new jobs in the Torslanda plant

Volvo Cars will add a third working shift in its Torslanda, Gothenburg plant to meet the increasing customer demand for the company's new cars. The expansion, planned for the first quarter of 2015, will be made in connection with the start of production for the all-new Volvo

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Volvo starts production of the new V60 Polestar at Torslanda plant

The first Volvo V60 Polestar cars have left the Volvo Torslanda factory plant on their way to customers around the world as production has begun.

"We are very happy to see the first ever complete production cars from Polestar be built in the Volvo factory. It is a satisfying

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Volvo Cars' new plant in Torslanda increases manufacturing capacity from 200,000 to 300,000 cars a year

Volvo Cars opens its new 24,000 sq m manufacturing facility in Torslanda, Gothenburg, increasing its manufacturing capacity from approximately 200,000 cars a year to approximately 300,000 a year and moving it a significant step closer towards achieving

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Volvo Car Torslanda celebrates 50 years of success

1964 was a milestone for Sweden's automotive industry. That was the year Volvo Cars opened its gates at the Torslanda plant, marking the biggest industrial investment in Sweden's history.

With a capacity for building up to 200,000 cars a year, the plant raised the

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Volvo Car Group reduces December production volume in Torslanda and Ghent plants

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) has decided to lower its December production volumes in the Torslanda and Ghent plants.

This reduction will be realised through a number of production-free days and the removal of a number of work shifts. In the Torslanda plant, there

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Volvo Car Corporation ramps up production of the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid

Volvo Car Corporation is now ramping up production of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid ahead of first customer deliveries in early 2013. After the initial batch of 1,000 model year 2013 cars, production will increase to 4,000-6,000 cars from model year 2014.

The assembly

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Volvo Car Corporation announces temporary stand-still at the Torslanda plant

Volvo Car Corporation has decided to temporarily stop production in the Torslanda plant during week 44, from October 29 to November 2. The measure is taken based on a continued decline of the automotive market, primarily in Europe. Therefore a further adjustment

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