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
NameWMI [N 1]Plant code [N 2]LocationCommenced productionNotable milestonesOperational scale [N 3]Production
(2017)
Markets
served
Lundby PlantLundby,
Sweden
1927–1973First Volvo Car plantManufacturingWorldwide
Debut model: Volvo ÖV 4[1]
Purchased from SKF (1930)[1]
Transferred to Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta
Torslanda Plant
Volvo Cars Torslanda
(VCT)
YV11Torslanda,
Sweden
1962–presentSecond Volvo Car plantManufacturingXC60, V60, V60 Cross Country, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC90Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo Amazon
Dartmouth PlantDartmouth, 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)
YV12Ghent,
Belgium
1965–presentSecond Volvo Car plant outside SwedenAssembly
(1965–1972)

Manufacturing
(1972–present)
XC40, V60Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo Amazon
Previously named
Volvo Cars Europe Industry
(1965–2007)
Halifax Plant
Volvo Halifax Assembly
(VHA)
3Halifax, NS,
Canada
1967–1987[2]Debut model: Volvo 144Assembly[2]Canada
Canadian assembly shifted to Bayers Lake Assembly Plant (1987)[2]
Shah Alam Plant
Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia
(VCMM)
PNV5Shah Alam,
Malaysia
1967–presentFirst Volvo Car plant in AsiaManufacturing[5]XC40, S60, V60, XC60, S90, XC90Southeast Asia, Taiwan
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)
YV10Kalmar,
Sweden
1974–1994Third Volvo Car plant in SwedenManufacturingWorldwide
Debut model: Volvo 164
Shut down (1994)
Born Plant
Netherlands Car
(NedCar)
XLB
YV1
FBorn,
Netherlands
1975–2004Purchased from DAF (1975)ManufacturingWorldwide
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 PlantClayton 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)
YV1JUddevalla,
Sweden
1988–1993[14]
1997–2013
Debut model: Volvo 740[14]CustomWorldwide
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]ManufacturingS60L, XC60China, United States
Debut model: Volvo S60L[15]
Commenced S60L exports to the United States (2015)[16]
Daqing Plant
Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing
(DVCM)
LVYPDaqing,
China
2014–presentDebut model: Volvo XC90 ClassicManufacturingS90, S90LChina, Europe
Commenced S90 exports to Europe via rail network (2017)[17]
S90 worldwide production hub will shift from Torslanda to Daqing[18]
Luqiao Plant (CMA Super Factory)
Zhejiang Kingkong Automobile Co.Ltd.
(ZKA)
Luqiao,
China
2019-presentWill produce CMA-based 40 series models[18]ManufacturingXC40, Polestar 2China
First Lynk & Co plant[18]
South Carolina Plant

South Carolina Factory

7JR[19] G[19] Berkeley County, SC,
United States
2018–present[20]First Volvo Car plant in the United States[21]Manufacturing[21]S60 (2019-)Worldwide
Will produce SPA-based S60 model[21]
Polestar Plant Chengdu,
China
Under constructionFirst Polestar plant[22]ManufacturingPolestar 1
Polestar 3?
Worldwide

Notes

  1. The first three characters of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
  2. The eleventh character of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
  3. 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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