Volvo Participates in Swedish-Russian Seminar for Increased Traffic Safety

• August
• 5

4:20 am Trucks

Volvo Trucks and Volvo Cars are participating today in a seminar in Moscow on traffic safety. The Transport Ministers of both Russia and Sweden are attending and the event is being organised by the Swedish Export Council in Russia.

Sweden is the leader when it comes to traffic safety and has amongthe fewest traffic fatalities in the world. Volvo is now supporting the Swedish government in its programme to help Russia improve thenation’s traffic safety.

In addition to Volvo, other major Swedish actors are alsoparticipating in the seminar by sharing their knowledge and experiences with their Russian colleagues. The experts at the seminar represent the Swedish Road Administration, the Swedish Road Traffic Inspectorate, theChalmers University of Technology, the World Health Organisation and the Brussels-based European Traffic Safety Council.

Volvo has always had safety as its foremost priority and has a long history of driving developments in this important field. A number of safety systems for both trucks and cars have been introduced underthe Volvo brand name.

New Volvo Trucks’ deliveries on the Russianmarket have increased considerably in recent years. Since 2003, sales of used Volvo trucks have risen from about 500 units to 2500 last year.Demand continues to be very strong in 2007 and by end August this year, 2600 vehicles were delivered, double the figure recorded for the sameperiod in 2006.

The company is also investing in a new assembly factory in Russia. It will be located in Kaluga and will have sufficient capacity for about 10,000 trucks a year. Construction of the factory will be completedin 2009.