Volvo increase – 1,500 new jobs – Aftonbladet

There is high pressure at Volvo Cars.

Today starts carmaker a third shift at the plant – and 1,500 people may start their new job.

– I am very happy that we can welcome 1,500 new employees to the Torslanda plant, says CEO Håkan Samuelsson.

With 30,000 orders for the new Volvo XC90 factory has a long list of cars to build as soon as possible. The wait for a new XC90 is already long, but to keep up the momentum, the Volvo Car Corporation today a third shift at the Torslanda plant in Gothenburg. To this, 1500 people were employed, which is 200 more than initially planned.

– I’m very happy about it extraordinarily positive reception of our new XC90 model, and that we can welcome 1,500 new employees the Torslanda plant to manufacture the new car, says CEO Håkan Samuelsson.

More than half the annual capacity sold

Most of the 30 000 already ordered have mainly been sold in the United States and China, where the majority of the XC90 cars will be delivered. But with 30,000 orders, it also means that more than half of årstillverkningen of 50 000 copies are already spoken for – without any customer even got to test drive the car in question.

– This is only the beginning – we will to launch a series of new cars over the next four years, and several of them will be manufactured here in Torslanda, says Håkan.

increased to 300,000 per year

The new hiring means the last step in Torslanda factory output growth in recent years has grown from 200,000 to 300,000 cars per year, which also resulted in a new labor contract according to Volvo, “adds flexibility to meet customer demand in production.”

Car models as in day produced in Torslanda is the S60, V60, S80, V70, XC70 and XC90. In addition, the company has a plant in Belgium, three in China and is now planning to build a new one in the United States.