Volvo says 650 staff at U.S. plant given notice

• December
• 11

1:59 am Trucks

World number two truck maker Volvo has given notice of redundancy to 650 employees at its plant in Dublin, Virginia, a spokesman for the firm said on Monday. Volvo spokesman Marten Wikforss said the staff affected had been informed of the measure last month and would be leaving the firm at the end of January next year.

Sweden’s Volvo was hit by production problems at its U.S. truck operations earlier this year as it began manufacturing a new line of heavy-duty trucks and had had to bring in extra staff to deal with the problems.

“We were forced to take in more people to handle the hump and now we have rationalised and put things in order,” he said.