Skövde plant is part of Volvo Group Trucks Operations and dates back more than a hundred years. Today the plant is a world class production facility supplying the Volvo Group with diesel engines and components.
The main processes in Skövde are foundry, machining and assembly. The plant exports engines and engine components to Volvo Group production facilities on all continents of the world.
The plant was founded in 1868.
The total area of Skövde plant is 265,000 m², which can be translated to approx. 50 soccer fields.
The number of employees are approximately 3,000.
2018, 113 929 engines were produced
John G Grönvalls Plats 10
541 36 Skövde
+46 500 474000
Volvo Group Skövde, has been awarded up to €49 million from the EU Innovation Fund to support the CarbonSmart Factory: SPACE project. This initiative aims to advance Volvo’s transformation through net-zero innovation and clean technology. The project pioneers a sustainable manufacturing transformation by integrating electrification, advanced industrial Artificial Intelligence and hydrogen technologies to achieve a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at the Skövde foundry.
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