Swedish Motor Corporation
| Swedish Motor Corporation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Private Limited Company |
| founding | 1994 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Seat |
 Botswana : Gaborone
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| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Swedish Motor Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. was an automobile manufacturer in Gaborone , Botswana . CKD kits from Volvo models were assembled .
history
The company started assembling Volvo trucks in 1994.
The plant also started automobile production in 1998. The Volvo S40 and Volvo V40 were produced .
The plant was operated by Wheels of Africa . This operation ended in 2000 together with the Motor Company of Botswana . This company was also operated by Wheels of Africa .
The assembly of the trucks was taken over by Volvo after the dissolution of the Swedish Motor Corporation in 2000 and ended in 2005 when it was relocated to Durban in South Africa for economic reasons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operating statistics ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on volvo.com.
- ↑ a b N. Räthzel, D. Mulinari, A. Tollefsen, Transnational Corporations from the Standpoint of Workers , Luxembourg 2014.
- ↑ Manufacturing in Botswana - Overview ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Volvo Car starts assembly of Volvo S40 and V40 in Botswana , press release of the Volvo Group of January 27, 1998.
- ^ Hyundai Gaborone plant for Kimberley , in News24 of November 8, 2000.
- ↑ Volvo commits to investment in Southern Africa , press release of the Volvo group of February 8, 2000.
- ↑ Piet Bame: BEDIA blamed for Volvo relocation , news from December 7, 2005
- ↑ Volvo Trucks opens factory in South Africa , press release of the Volvo Group of June 28, 2005.
- ↑ Volvo to open new plant in Durban , in: Mail Guardian of June 28, 2005.
- ↑ Irma Venter: Volvo truck plant ups, Durban port congestion a challenge , in: Engineering News from June 5, 2014.
