Volvo-owned enterprise Mack Defence will deliver the 1500 army trucks to the Canadian Armed Forces, writes Dagens Industri.
The contracts are worth SEK 4.7 billion.
the deliveries will begin next summer and be completed by autumn 2018. the trucks will be assembled in Sainte-Claire, located in the Canadian region of Quebec. In the factory, Volvo is usually coaches of the brand Prevost.
According to the company it has previously been most focused on business with the French defense, but now the strategy is to try to sell in other parts of the world. This is the first time that Volvo sells a European truck to a defense customer in North America.
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