Volvo is the name of two Swedish manufacturers of vehicles. To differentiate is the Volvo Car corporation, which belongs to the Ford company and manufactures passenger car, and which Volvo Group, which penalty and truck of the marks manufacture Volvo, Renault and Mack as well as other machines. To the Volvo Group belongs also the company Volvo Penta, which manufactures today above all boat, ship and industrial engines.

The Volvo Car corporation developed 1999, when the Volvo Group sold its passenger car section at Ford. Within the Ford company Volvo is integrated automotives Group, among which also Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin rank into the Prime Minister.

Volvo Group

The head office of the enterprise is in Sweden. The Volvo entrepreneurial group employs world-wide about 72,000 coworkers (conditions 2004).

In the year 2000 the Volvo acquires the company STARTING FROM Renault Industriels (RVI) (today Renault Trucks) including Mack Trucks in North America.

Already since establishment belong to the Volvo entrepreneurial group different buses (Volvo Buses), truck (Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks and Mack Trucks) and construction machines (Volvo Construction equipment) to the product range. Into the 1970er-Jahren Volvo belonged to the so-called "four-he club". In addition, to the entrepreneurial group Volvo Penta (industrie and marine engines) and Volvo aero (engines and - divide for air and space travel) belong. Volvo maintains also the so-called Volvo Financial services.

1928 were manufactured the first bus on the basis of a truck chassis. Only 1968 became Volvo Buses its own line of business of the Volvo group. Today is Volvo Buses the world-wide second largest manufacturers of penalties and bus chassis.

Volvo Trucks is world-wide the second largest manufacturer of heavy trucks. The majority of the conversion concentrates on Western Europe, north and South America as well as Asia.

Renault Trucks ranks among the largest truck manufacturers of Europe. The enterprise offers all types of commercial motor vehicles: of light truck for urban distributor transportation up to special vehicles and heavy truck for the goods traffic.

Mack Trucks is one of the largest manufacturers of heavy trucks and truck components in North America. The company was complete since 1990 in the possession of Renault.

The enterprise Volvo Penta resulted 1930 from the assumption of the stock majority at the Penta works and offers engines and complete drive systems for navigation and industry. The Penta works supplied initially the engines for the first Volvo automobiles, since Volvo began its vehicle production as pure Karroserie and chassis manufacturers, without manufacturing even engines. These first automobiles in firm history were built and driven out by Volvo, but on the radiators the word Penta stood. Over the world-economical problems end of the 1920er came the company Penta into financial difficulties. Since Volvo did not want to lose its engines, Volvo entered with Penta and painted the word Penta of the radiators of its automobiles. 1935 were created the enterprise Volvo Penta, - likewise with seat in - officially. The most well-known developments of Volvo Penta were the Aquamatic, a revolutionary combination of interior and Aussenborder, the duo propane impulse system and in the year 2005 the presented tractor propeller solutions IPS for fast leisure boats. In addition the company Penta was in the year 1922 the first manufacturer of outboard motors in Europe. However Volvo Penta gave the production up of outboard motors in the process of the Second World War.

In the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002 had each in running participating sail yacht two Volvo Penta driving motors, for emergencies, on board.

Also today, straight in the truck von Volvo and Renault, Motoren still work, to find the engine program of Volvo Penta are.

Volvo aero develops and manufactures Hightech components for civilian aviation as well as stealing rubbing works. The enterprise developed, manufactures and waits also jet engines for the Swedish Air Force. In former times Volvo aero Volvo Flygmotor was called and resulted 1941 from the assumption of the stock majority to the Svenska Flygmotor OFF. Volvo aero manufactured among other things jet engine for the interceptor the Saab JA37B Viggen and develops rocket propulsions and - nozzles.

Volvo Construction equipment developed, produces and drives construction machines out (among other things excavators, wheeled loaders, Dumper, Scraper and excavator loaders).

Volvo Financial services offers comprehensive services within the ranges customer financing, insurance, real estate agency and further financial services.

Volvo Car corporation

The label name Volvo is connected in the broad particularly with the passenger car manufacturer of the same name, that belongs since 1999 to Ford engine company.

The car manufacturer Volvo busily world-wide about 99,000 coworkers and manufactures approx. 420,000 cars per year (both conditions 2001). Since more jeher Volvo has the image of the safe automobile, so-called "security from Schwedenstahl". The smaller Swedish competitor in the automotive manufacture, Saab, is meanwhile belonging to general of engine.

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