THE POWER OF WE
The strength of diversity
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VOLVO CARS GENT 2011
Volvo – a strong and global brand
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Volvo – een sterk en wereldwijd merk
• Gebaseerd op kwaliteit en veiligheid
SAFETY
“Cars are driven by
people. The guiding
principle behind
everything we make
at Volvo, therefore,
is – and must
remain – safety.”
Assar Gabrielsson
and Gustaf Larson,
founders of Volvo
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Volvo – een sterk en wereldwijd merk
• Gebaseerd op kwaliteit en veiligheid
VEILIGHEID
City Safety:
Euro NCAP Advance Rating
3-point belt
(Nils Bohlin)
Pedestrian Detection &
Full Auto Brake (S60)
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ENVIRONMENTAL CARE
• Product strategy
• Further optimize fuel engines
DRIVe-range: seven models with best-in-class
CO2 values
• Plug In Hybrids/Pure Electric C30 (project)
• Alternative fuels
• All plants use green power
• Wind turbines (Ghent) for 15-30% of electricity
consumption
• Best-in-class paint shop regarding
solvent emissions
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Verbruik
(l/100 km)
CO2
(g/km)
Volvo C30 (stop/start)
3.9
99
Volvo S40 (stop/start)
3.9
99
Volvo V50 (stop/start)
3.9
99
Volvo V70
4.9
119
Volvo S80
4.9
119
Volvo XC60
6.0
154
Volvo XC70
6.0
154
Volvo – een sterk en wereldwijd merk
• Gebaseerd op kwaliteit en veiligheid
SCANDINAVIAN
DESIGN
• Nature as a source
of inspiration
• Design to fit man
• Allergy free textiles and
interior components
(Öko-Tex certified)
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Volvo Cars’ world
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Model range - Production
Volvo S80
Volvo XC90
2010: 28.949
Assembly: Gothenburg
2010: 36.711
Assembly: Gothenburg
Volvo S60
Volvo XC70
2010: 27.579
Assembly: Ghent
2010: 21.156
Assembly: Gothenburg
Volvo S40
Volvo XC60
2010: 28.666
Assembly: Ghent
2010: 83.670
Assembly: Ghent
Volvo C70
Volvo V70
2010: 9.532
Assembly: Uddevalla
2010: 48.585
Assembly: Gothenburg
Volvo C30
2010: 35.248
Assembly: Ghent
Volvo V60
2010: 13.404
Assembly: Gothenburg
Volvo V50
2010: 54.302
Assembly: Ghent
Incl. assembly in China (S40/S80L), Thailand (S80, XC90) and Maleisia (S40, S80,V50,XC60,XC90). Total VCC-production 2010: 387.802 cars
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China strategy
• Manufacturing plant in Chengdu, 1,600 km west of Shanghai. 100,000 cars annually;
production is estimated to start during 2013.
• Plant to follow Volvo Cars Manufacturing System
• The expansion in China will not affect operations and employment in Europe.
• Investigating the opportunities for establishing a plant in Daqing in north-eastern China.
• Shanghai will serve as Volvo Car China headquarters and centre for product
development, design and sourcing. To support Volvo Corporation R&D in Sweden
regarding the development of electric vehicles and hybrids.
• Focus on increasing sales in China and expanding dealer shops.
• Volvo Car Corporation will optimize its sourcing network in China for the global market.
• Volvo Car China will start to employ new staff to work with product development for the
Chinese market and support local production and purchasing.
• Geely is Geely and Volvo is Volvo.
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Volvo Cars’ plants
Components
• Skövde (engines)
• Floby (connecting rods
and brake discs)
• Torslanda (body
components)
• Olofström (body
components)
Assembly
• Göteborg (S): 136.323
• Uddevalla (S): 9.532
• Ghent (B): 223.117
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Activities Volvo Cars Gent
Welding
(1972)
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Painting
(1972; 1997)
Trim & Final
(1965)
Teamwork
THE POWER OF WE
• Teams of
approx.
12 people
• Job rotation
• Autonomous
management
• QCDISME
(quality, cost, delivery,
improvement, safety,
man, environment)
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Key figures
PRODUCTION VOLUMES
EMPLOYEES
Shift system
300
1
2
1
2
6.000
3
250
5.000
200
4.000
150
3.000
100
2.000
50
1.000
MARKETS
Europe: 65%
North America: 14.8%
Far East: 10.4%
Others: 9.8%
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UK
Sweden
Germany
Belgium
Italy
France
Netherlands
Spain
10.2 %
9.6 %
7.6 %
6.3 %
6.0 %
4.3 %
4.0 %
3.5 %
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
1990
1988
1986
1984
1982
1980
1978
1976
1974
1972
1970
1968
65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09
1966
0
History
1965-1969: Amazon
1984-1992: Volvo 740
2004-: Volvo S40, V50, C30
1996-2000: Volvo
S60/V60/V70
1991-1996: Volvo 850
2008-: XC60
Small platform (C)
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1974-1984: Volvo 240
1967-1974:Volvo 140
2010-:S60
Large platform (EUCD)
Production 19652010: 4.4 million cars
Building and Equipment
Site surface:
547,000 m2
Built-up area:
275,340 m2
Robots:
828
Assembly lines:
15.7 km
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(mainly for welding and painting)
Paint shop Non-colour
Welding plant
Paint shop Colour
Trim & Final
Siffer dock
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Kennedylaan
DSV
Sequencing Center
Sequential suppliers
Borgers
Rieter (1)
Kautex (2)
Tenneco Automotive
11 Floor carpets
44 Fuel tanks
45 Exhaustsystems
MC Syncro
83
Brose
85
Faurecia
• Delivery “just in time” and
“just in sequence”.
• 3000 employees and over 1
billion euros turnover
10 Boot trim
90
TI Group (Lokeren)
SAS Automotive
Engine Center Gent
Combination wheel-rim
Doormodules
Interior components
175
Fuel tanks (synthetic materials)
189 Cockpit (dashboard)
210 Motors
Benteler
225
Plastal
225
Tower Automotive
DSV
JCA / JCI (Assenede)
Chassis components (subframes)
Bumpers
340 Bodywork modules
584 Logistic provider
650
Seats; Interior components
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• Kautex
Not on this map:
• Brose, MCSyncro
• Johnson Controls Assenede
• Plastal
• TI (Lokeren)
• ESDIC (Volvo Cars)
• Engine Center Gent
• SILS-center (Supply In Line
Sequence): Faurecia, SAS, Benteler,
Tenneco
• Tower Automotive
• Volvo Cars Gent
• DSV (Sequencing Center)
E
S
N
W
• Distribution Yard/EuroBridge
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Do’s and don’ts for visitors
• No smoking in Volvo Cars Gent.
• Not allowed: mobile phones in the plant; photography.
• Keep on the walking aisles (green: pedestrian area; yellow: mixed
pedestrian/fork lift traffic); follow the guide.
• Safety glasses obligatory in the welding plant.
• Don’t touch the car bodies or cars.
• Use doors instead of gates (fork lift traffic).
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