Hosakote Site

Welcome to
Hosakote, India

The first European truck manufacturing plant in India.

Since 1998

The beginning of an epic journey called progress

June 15, 1998 marked the roll out of the first Volvo truck in India. Volvo FH12 340 6x4 Tractor was a technology leap for the Indian CV industry, which was dominated by trucks built with old technology on a conventional chassis.

Moving the earth

Moving the earth

Hosakote Quick Facts

15000 +

15000 +

Volvo Trucks assembled.

ISO 9001 and 14001 Certified

ISO 9001 and 14001 Certified

Certfied since the 1st year of operations.

35000 +

35000 +

Stocked and handled at our Distribution Center.

International Manufacturing

International Manufacturing

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Service Market Logistics

Service Market Logistics - Distribution Center

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Production Logistics

Production Logistics

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Hosakote Remanufacturing

Remanufacturing

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Hosakote front entrance

Who We Are

The state-of-art Volvo Group Trucks site houses not only the assembly of Volvo Trucks, but also has a
Distribution Center to support after-market business for Volvo Group business in India and the Remanufacturing facility that prepares products for a second life that represents enormous value for the company, our customers and to the environment.

We produce wide range of Volvo Trucks for Indian market

Volvo FMX
Volvo FMX

The modern mining and construction truck. Strong, robust and packed with groundbreaking features.

Volvo FM
Volvo FM

Our most versatile truck. Stunning design, fantastic handling and great operating economy.

Key Points in Hosakote's History
Hosakote's History

1998 On 15th June, inauguration of Volvo Trucks factory and roll out of the first Volvo FH12 truck along with semi-trailer.

1999 Lunched FM7 290 8x4 Tipper concept in India

2001 Introduction of Volvo Bus chassis assembly [later moved to separate assembly plant]

2002 Introduction of FM9 300 8x4 Tipper; Volvo crossed the 1000 tipper mark in India

2004 First Volvo trucks export to South Korea

2006 Introduction of the all new FM 8x4 Tipper with a powerful 13 litre engine delivering 400 HP & 2000 NM torque, setting a new benchmark in high performance.

2009 Volvo tippers cross the 5000 mark, continuing their leadership in the Indian mining industry.

2011 Assembly & Introduction of the FMX 440 8x4 Tipper in India

2012 Launch of the new Volvo FM 480 10x4 dump truck, the biggest off-road truck from Volvo. Site renamed as Volvo Group Trucks.

2015 Inauguration of the new assembly plant to assemble Eicher Pro 8000 trucks [later moved to Eicher plant in Pithampur]. Volvo Trucks crossed the landmark 10,000 mark in India

2017 Start of Volvo Trucks axle assembly in India. Assembly agreement contract with Volvo Cars & roll out of 1st locally assembled Volvo Car. 

2018 Hosakote site celebrates 20 years in operation.  

Built by people

Built by people

The Volvo Group Trucks assembly plant at Hosakote, Bangalore started its operations in the year 1998, becoming the first European Commercial Vehicle manufacturer in India.The plant is spread across over 120 acres of land with beautiful landscape and meets ISO 9001/14001 standards with it’s well established Quality and Environmental Management Systems in place since the early days.

This state-of-art facility Group Trucks Plant is a Completely Knocked Down ( CKD ) factory having main assembly line, cab welding & trimming, superstructure mounting, state-of-the-art paint shop and a complete test track for testing and validation of the newly designed trucks.

Watch this video and see what it takes for our operators to build a world-class Volvo Truck.

Hosakote map

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SITE CERTIFICATIONS

ISO 9001 for Quality management.

ISO 14001 for Environmental management.

Questions?

Contact Praneeth Kumar, Communications Manager, at praneeth [dot] kumar [at] volvo [dot] com