2014 Volvo S60 Price, Photos, Reviews \u0026 Features

$2014 Volvo S60 Price, Photos, Reviews \u0026 Features$

The Volvo Group (Swedish: Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo) (stylized as VOLVO) is usually a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity would be the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. In 2016, that it was the world's second largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks.Automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars, also situated in Gothenburg, was section of AB Volvo until 1999, when it had been sold for the Ford Motor Company. Since 2010 it is owned by the Geely Holding Group, a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company. Both AB Volvo and Volvo Cars share the Volvo logo and cooperate in running the Volvo Museum in Sweden.The company was initially listed within the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935, and was within the NASDAQ indices from 1985 to 2007.Volvo was established in 1915 to be a subsidiary of SKF, a ball bearing manufacturer; however their Volvo Group and Volvo Cars regard the rollout in the company's first car series, the Volvo ÖV 4, on 14 April 1927, his or her beginning. The building remains.The brand Volvo was originally registered like a trademark in May 1911 with all the intention to be utilized for a new combination of SKF ball bearings. It means "I roll" in Latin, conjugated from "volvere". The idea was short-lived, and SKF chosen to simply use its initials because the trademark for many its bearing products.In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, an SKF sales team manager, plus a KTH Royal Institute of Technology educated engineer Gustav Larson, both founders,[clarification needed] chose to start construction of your Swedish car. They meant to build cars that can withstand the rigors from the country's rough roads and cold temperatures.AB Volvo began activities on 10 August 1926. After 1 year of preparations concerning the production of ten prototypes, the firm was wanting to commence the car-manufacturing business in the SKF group. The Volvo Group itself considers it entered 1927, in the event the first car, a Volvo ÖV 4, rolled from the production line in the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg. Only 280 cars were built that year. The first truck, the "Series 1", debuted in January 1928, being an immediate success and attracted attention beyond your country. In 1930, Volvo sold 639 cars, along with the export of trucks to Europe started shortly after; the cars wouldn't become recognized outside Sweden until after World War II. AB Volvo was introduced on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935 and SKF then chose to sell its shares within the company. By 1942, Volvo acquired the Swedish precision engineering company Svenska Flygmotor (later renamed as Volvo Aero).Pentaverken, which in fact had manufactured engines for Volvo, was acquired in 1935, providing a good supply of engines and entry to the marine engine market.The first bus, named B1, was published in 1934, and aircraft engines were added to your growing range of products with the beginning from the 1940s. In 1963, Volvo opened the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, the very first assembly plant from the company's history over and above Sweden in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.In 1950, Volvo acquired the Swedish construction and agricultural equipment manufacturer Bolinder-Munktell. Bolinder-Munktell was renamed as Volvo BM in 1973. In 1979, Volvo BM's agricultural equipment business was sold to Valmet. Later, through restructuring and acquisitions, the remainder construction equipment business became Volvo Construction Equipment.