LC control no. | n 50025346 |
---|---|
Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Volvo, Aktiebolaget |
Variant(s) | AB Volvo Aktiebolaget Volvo Volvo (Firm) Volvo Group |
Beginning date | 1927 |
Associated country | Sweden |
Located | Göteborg (Sweden) |
Field of activity | Motor vehicles--Design and construction Automobiles--Design and construction Commercial vehicles--Design and construction Volvo automobile--Design and construction Volvo buses--Design and construction Volvo trucks--Design and construction |
Affiliation | SKF (Firm) |
Found in | Its Årsredovisning ... 1963- AB Volvos grundare och företagets ... 1993. Jaksch, Friedrich. Handling and stability, 1973: cover (Aktiebolag Volvo (Sweden)) Volvo Cars Global Newsroom website, 8 January 2000 (Volvo was born on April 14th, 1927, when the first car left the factory; designed by engineers at SKF in Gothenburg; SKF [a ball bearing manufacturer] provided the factory premises and the name, AB Volvo, which had been used in a previous business operation; Volvo is Latin and means "I roll") Wikipedia, viewed 25 February 2020 (Volvo; Volvo Group; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO; Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg; its first car was rolled out on 14 April 1927 in Hisingen, Gothenburg; the first truck debuted in January 1928; SKF sold its shares in the company when AB Volvo was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935; in 1978, Volvo Car Corporation was spun off as a separate company within the Volvo group; in January 1999, Volvo Group sold Volvo Car Corporation to Ford Motor Company in order to concentrate on commercial vehicles; AB Volvo's core activity is now the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment) |
Associated language | swe |