The Volvo Group (Swedish: Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo) (stylized as VOLVO) can be a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity could 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, it absolutely was the world's second largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks.Automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars, also located in Gothenburg, was a part of AB Volvo until 1999, when it had been sold to your Ford Motor Company. Since 2010 many experts have 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 listed around the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935, and was for the NASDAQ indices from 1985 to 2007.Volvo was established in 1915 to be a subsidiary of SKF, a ball bearing manufacturer; however both Volvo Group and Volvo Cars regard the rollout from the company's first car series, the Volvo ÖV 4, on 14 April 1927, because their beginning. The building remains.The name Volvo was originally registered as being a trademark in May 1911 together with the intention for use for a new group 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 since the trademark for those its bearing products.In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, an SKF sales team leader, as well as a KTH Royal Institute of Technology educated engineer Gustav Larson, the 2 founders,[clarification needed] made a decision to start construction of any Swedish car. They that will 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 twelve months of preparations concerning the production of ten prototypes, the firm was able to commence the car-manufacturing business inside SKF group. The Volvo Group itself considers it were only available in 1927, once the first car, a Volvo ÖV 4, rolled over production line with 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, and also the export of trucks to Europe started right after; the cars would not become renowned outside Sweden until after World War II. AB Volvo was introduced for the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935 and SKF then chose to sell its shares inside company. By 1942, Volvo acquired the Swedish precision engineering company Svenska Flygmotor (later renamed as Volvo Aero).Pentaverken, that have 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 for the growing range of products for the beginning from the 1940s. In 1963, Volvo opened the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, the 1st assembly plant inside the company's history outside 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 rest of the construction equipment business became Volvo Construction Equipment.
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