List of Volvo Car production plants
The following table summarises a list of Volvo Car production plants.
The list includes manufacturing and assembly plants wholly owned or wholly operated by the Volvo Car Corporation, in addition to joint-venture plants in which Volvo Car held equity stakes.
The list excludes plants belonging to AB Volvo and Volvo Car parent companies, as well as contract assembly plants in which Volvo Car held no equity stake.
List of Volvo Car production plants
| List of Volvo Car manufacturing, assembly and joint-venture plants | |||||||||
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| Name | WMI [N 1] | Plant code [N 2] | Location | Commenced production | Notable milestones | Operational scale [N 3] | Production (2017) |
Markets served | |
| Lundby Plant | Lundby, Sweden |
1927–1973 | First Volvo Car plant | Manufacturing | Worldwide | ||||
| Debut model: Volvo ÖV 4[1] | |||||||||
| Purchased from SKF (1930)[1] | |||||||||
| Transferred to Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta | |||||||||
| Torslanda Plant Volvo Cars Torslanda (VCT) |
YV1 | 1 | Torslanda, Sweden |
1962–present | Second Volvo Car plant | Manufacturing | XC60, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC90 | Worldwide | |
| Debut model: Volvo Amazon | |||||||||
| Dartmouth Plant | Dartmouth, NS, Canada |
1963–1967[2] | First Volvo Car plant outside Sweden[3] | Assembly[2] | Canada | ||||
| First non-domestic automobile plant in North America | |||||||||
| Debut model: Volvo Canadian[4] | |||||||||
| Canadian assembly shifted to Halifax Plant (1967)[2] | |||||||||
| Ghent Plant Volvo Car Gent (VCG) |
YV1 | 2 | Ghent, Belgium |
1965–present | Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden | Assembly (1965–1972) Manufacturing (1972–present) |
V40, V40 Cross Country, XC40, S60, S60 Cross Country, V60, V60 Cross Country | Worldwide | |
| Debut model: Volvo Amazon | |||||||||
| Previously named Volvo Cars Europe Industry (1965–2007) | |||||||||
| Halifax Plant Volvo Halifax Assembly (VHA) |
3 | Halifax, NS, Canada |
1967–1987[2] | Debut model: Volvo 144 | Assembly[2] | Canada | |||
| Canadian assembly shifted to Bayers Lake Assembly Plant (1987)[2] | |||||||||
| Shah Alam Plant Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia (VCMM) |
PNV | 5 | Shah Alam, Malaysia |
1967–present | First Volvo Car plant in Asia | Assembly[5] | V40, S60, V60, XC60, S90, XC90 | Southeast Asia | |
| First automobile plant in Malaysia[6] | |||||||||
| Debut model: Volvo 144[7] | |||||||||
| Previously named Swedish Motor Assemblies (SMA) (1966–2012)[7] | |||||||||
| Kalmar Plant Volvo Kalmar Assembly (VKA) |
YV1 | 0 | Kalmar, Sweden |
1974–1994 | Third Volvo Car plant in Sweden | Manufacturing | Worldwide | ||
| Debut model: Volvo 164 | |||||||||
| Shut down (1994) | |||||||||
| Born Plant Netherlands Car (NedCar) |
XLB YV1 |
F | Born, Netherlands |
1975–2004 | Purchased from DAF (1975) | Manufacturing | Worldwide | ||
| Debut model: Volvo 66 | |||||||||
| Sold to Mitsubishi Motors (2001) | |||||||||
| Samut Prakan Plant Thai-Swedish Assembly (TSA) |
Samut Prakan, Thailand |
1976–2011[8][5] | Debut model: Volvo 240[8] | Assembly[9] | Southeast Asia | ||||
| Sold to AB Volvo (2008)[10][11][5] | |||||||||
| Bayers Lake Assembly Plant | Clayton Park, NS, Canada |
1987–1998[2] | Debut model: Volvo 740[12] | Assembly[2] | Canada | ||||
| Shut down (1998)[13] | |||||||||
| Uddevalla Plant Auto Nova Plant (1995–2003) Pininfarina Sverige (2003–2013) |
YV1 | J | Uddevalla, Sweden |
1988–1993[14] 1997–2013 |
Debut model: Volvo 740[14] | Custom | Worldwide | ||
| Pioneered a new approach to automobile assembly | |||||||||
| Production halted in 1993[14] | |||||||||
| Resumed production in 1997 as Auto Nova through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Tom Walkinshaw Racing[14] | |||||||||
| Became Pininfarina Sverige in 2003 through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina[14] | |||||||||
| Shut down (2013) | |||||||||
| Chengdu Plant Zhongjia Automobile Manufacturing (Chengdu) (ZAMC) |
Chengdu, China |
2013–present[15] | First Volvo Car plant in China[15] | Manufacturing | S60L, XC60 | China, United States | |||
| Debut model: Volvo S60L[15] | |||||||||
| Commenced S60L exports to the United States (2015)[16] | |||||||||
| Daqing Plant Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing (DVCM) |
Daqing, China |
2014–present | Debut model: Volvo XC90 Classic | Manufacturing | S90, S90L | China, Europe | |||
| Commenced S90 exports to Europe via rail network (2017)[17] | |||||||||
| S90 worldwide production hub will shift from Torslanda to Daqing[18] | |||||||||
| Luqiao Plant | Luqiao, China |
Under construction | Will produce CMA-based 40 series models[18] | Manufacturing | TBA | TBA | |||
| First Lynk & Co plant[18] | |||||||||
| South Carolina Plant
South Carolina Factory |
Berkeley County, SC, United States |
2018-present[19] | First Volvo Car plant in the United States[20] | Assembly[20] | S60 | Worldwide | |||
| Will produce SPA-based S60 model[20] | |||||||||
| Polestar Plant | Chengdu, China |
Under construction | First Polestar plant[21] | Manufacturing | Polestar 1 Polestar 2 Polestar 3 |
TBA | |||
Notes
- ^ The first three characters of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- ^ The eleventh character of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- ^ Legend
Manufacturing : This plant manufactures cars (includes body stamping). The majority of parts and components are sourced locally. This plant is highly automated.
Assembly : This plant assembles cars (does not include body stamping). The majority of parts and components are imported or sourced from knock-down (SKD or CKD) kits. This plant is not highly automated.
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