Corporate news 2009

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced it will fit as standard its remote monitoring (telematics) system on all larger machines – along with a no charge 36 month CareTrack service subscription.

In less than one year, the Volvo Group’s forum on Linkedin has grown to more than 1200 members. Here the members exchange and test ideas, make contacts and discuss the Volvo Group.

Media statistics for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 show a huge increase over the 2005-2006 event. The new addition of each boat carrying a media crew member has proved to be a big step forward.

“The whole world hopes that the automotive industry can now develop ways of transporting people and goods without producing so much carbon dioxide,” says Susan Salomon, Volvo Environmental Prize Laureate 2009.

The Groupama Insurance Group has confirmed that it will enter the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race with its long term French skipper, Franck Cammas, a commitment that will last until 2015.

Sweden’s Infrastructure Minister Åsa Torstensson visited Frihamnspiren in Göteborg on Tuesday, where Volvo Group presented the latest technology in the areas of intelligent transport systems (ITS) and environmentally-friendly road transports.

The Volvo Ocean Race is the only corporate sports event to qualify among the world’s most valuable sports properties.

The recession is opening up new business opportunities for Volvo IT. Increasing numbers of companies and organisations are seeing the benefit of outsourcing system operation to an external supplier.

In an international ranking of multinational companies in Asia the Volvo Group has performed very well. A highly contributing factor is Volvo’s continuous work with securing and improving product quality.

The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded a grant worth SEK 500 M to Chemrec’s facility in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The grant is intended for the production of biofuel from black liquor, a high-energy, viscous by-product from the pulp industry.