Volvo's 85-year history In 1927 the first series-manufactured Volvo car, the Volvo ÖV4, rolled off the production line on the island of Hisingen, Göteborg. Since then, Volvo has developed from a small local industry to one of the world's largest manufacturers of heavy trucks, buses and construction equipment, with more than 100,000 employees, production facilities in 19 countries and operations in more than 180 countries.
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In 1927 two visionaries founded what was destined to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of equipment for transportation. In other words, Volvo was born.
In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, the two founders, decided to start construction of a Swedish car. Find all our presidents over the years.
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