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The Volvo
production plant
occupies about 180
acres in Hagerstown,
Md., and includes a laboratory for creating
and testing new technologies for future products.
and marine applications. The Volvo Group’s North American headquarters is in Greensboro, N.C.
The Hagerstown powertrain facility is unique, with its combination of cutting-edge concepts and nuts-and- bolts manufacturing that resulted from the acquisition of Mack by the Volvo Group. With this acquisition, Volvo Group acquired the facility and its staff of highly skilled workers, who take enormous pride in their work.
“We have multiple generations of some families who have worked side by side here,” said Belinda Vinson, Manager of Communications at the campus. She said acquisition by the Volvo Group has launched an exciting new era at the plant.
Volvo Group invested heavily in the facility to make it a complete campus that combines research and development with production.
“On our 180-acre campus, we have a laboratory for creating and testing new technologies for future products, engineers working on all facets of innovation, as well as the full manufacturing facility that builds all the powertrains for Mack and Volvo Trucks and buses built in North America
and for luxury motor coach maker, Prevost,” said Vinson.
Volvo Group receives parts for engine assembly from its sister factories in Sweden as well as other
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