Kaluga plant Volvo increased the production by 21% in 2018

The Volvo Group plant produced 5,637 Volvo trucks of Volvo FM, Volvo FMX, Volvo FH models in Kaluga. It is more by 20.8% than in 2017, when 4,665 Volvo trucks left the assembly line.

In addition, in the last year, the cabin welding and painting shop produced 7,483 cabins, among which 1,846 units were exported to another Volvo Group European plant in Gent (Belgium), reports the Volvo Trucks Russia press service. As noted, it was precisely in 2018 that an export direction for ready-made cabins was opened for the Kaluga enterprise, which indicates the sustainable development of the plant and recognition of achievements in the field of finished product quality.

The production cycle of the finished product shop is 26 Volvo trucks per day with a five-day working week in one shift. The cabin welding and painting shop produces 38 cabins per day, among which 12 units are intended for export, by working in two shifts per day with a five-day working week.