Press releases

Volvo Bus Corporation has received one of the largest single orders ever in the UK. It’s an order from the bus operator First for 486 Volvo buses with Wrightbus bodies.

Volvo Buses has received an order from Senegal in West Africa for 60 city buses. The buses will go into service in the capital, Dakar. This is Volvo’s first ever order from Senegal for city buses.

Volvo Buses has received an order for 90 city buses from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. This is Volvo Buses’ first order for new city buses in Lithuania and is a breakthrough for the company in another of the new EU countries.

When the Danish Crown Prince Frederik married Mary Donaldson on Friday, Volvo Busses were at the ready. Volvo Buses provided fourteen buses for the Royal Danish wedding.

Volvo Buses is to close its bodybuilding plant in Aabenraa, Denmark. The formal decision was taken yesterday 9 December by the board of Aabenraa Karosseri A/S. In all, about 200 employees will be affected by the closure.

Volvo Buses has signed an order for 150 buses for Budapest’s municipal transport.

Volvo Buses has won an order for 100 Volvo B7R bus chassis for South Africa. The order is a breakthrough for Volvo Buses on the South African market.

Volvo Buses has won an order for 64 buses from Göteborgs Spårvägar (Gothenburg Tramway Ltd). Environmental aspects have been extremely important, natural gas buses and exhaust emission control filters on diesel buses will improve the environment in Gothenburg. The buses will be delivered in May 2004.

A few weeks ago, Volvo Buses’ International business region secured an agreement for 91 buses for urban transport in Tunis.

Volvo Buses has won an order from the Australian state of New South Wales for 60 bus chassis.