Production starts in Volvo CE´s new factory in Poland
Production starts in Volvo CE´s new factory in Poland Today, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) officially opened its new factory in Wroclaw, Poland. The factory will serve as a global center for production of the new internally developed backhoe loader launched at ConExpo, Las Vegas, earlier this year. The backhoe loader is a newly designed and developed product, meeting the highest quality standards, to extend the offering of Volvo compact machines. The machine will be built in the Wroclaw factory and sold first in European countries and the USA. Next year, it will also be offered in other markets. "The interest for our new backhoe loader from customers and media has been very high and I'm confident the customers will enjoy operating our machine," says Mr. Didier Teirlinck, Head of Volvo Compact Equipment. Volvo CE has invested around 5 MUSD in the new facility in Poland and will start with 120 employees. In a couple of years from now, Volvo CE expects to have 200. Volvo has been in Poland for almost 10 years and the first factory was set-up in 1995. All in all, Volvo has 1200 employees in Poland today. "Our experiences so far are very good. Poland has a good structure for production and an experienced labour force in important areas such as welding. Moreover, we will look into the possibility to build a solid supplier base in Poland, perhaps not just for the backhoe loader," says Mr. Tony Helsham, President & CEO of Volvo CE. "We also believe that the total market for construction equipment in Poland will grow and we would of course like to take part in that. Our industrial presence will help us to fulfil our ambitions," continues Mr. Tony Helsham. In connection to today's inauguration, the first backhoe loader was delivered to a customer in Poland. September 13, 2002 For further information, please contact: Mr Klas Magnusson, Senior Vice President Corporate Communications Volvo Construction Equipment Tel: +32 2 482 5065, Mobile: +32 475 576214 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/09/13/20020912BIT00270/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/09/13/20020912BIT00270/wkr0002.pdf