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GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 28, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Trucks is opening a new factory in Durban, South Africa. At the same time operations are being closed down at the assembly plant in Botswana....

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Buses is taking its next step in India on the city bus market, which is one of the world's largest. The company has received its first order for...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group's three truck companies increased 22% through May this year, compared with the year-earlier period....

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Aero has signed a contract with Snecma involving series production of nozzles and LH2 turbines for the Vulcain 2 engine on some 30 Ariane 5...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Aero and Snecma have signed a partnership agreement to develop a turbo pump for next-generation rocket engines. The TPX demonstration program that...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Administrative Court of Appeal has delivered rulings in several tax cases affecting different companies in the Volvo Group. Taken as a whole, the...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Buses is closing its coach factory in Heilbronn, Germany. The formal decision to close the factory was taken by the board of directors at Volvo...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo Aero has signed a contract with the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) valued at more than EUR 3 M to begin a demonstration program for Sandwich...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- If trucks were equipped with a power unit driven by fuel cells, the carbon dioxide emissions from a single truck could be reduced by an estimated 20 to...

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ECAPS, founded by Volvo Aero and the Swedish Space Corporation, has been awarded a contract by the Swedish National Space Board, SNSB, to start to...