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Please find page 59 of the 2007 Volvo annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.Ensure production capacity for the Euro-•
pean market.
Continue developing and expanding the •
dealer network and strengthen cus-
tomer relations and profi tability.
Manage the expected sharp decrease in •
demand in North America.
Stronger focus on communicating the •
company’s core values.
Ongoing increases in capacity by enhanc-•
ing effi ciency. Decisions to invest in
increasing production capacity in Europe.
Decision on a new assembly plant in
Kaluga, outside Moscow.
Continued very strong development. •
Satisfi ed customers, favorable growth in
sales of trucks and soft products.
Demand for US’07 engines in North •
America has not recovered. Disruptions
were greater than expected.
Very positive response to the CO• 2-neu-
tral plants and the seven trucks for alter-
native fuels.
Continued expansion of delivery cap-•
acity to meet the strong demand for
trucks in virtually all markets outside
North America.
Manage inflation and strong cost •
focus. Maintain a high level of prepar-
edness for economic and demand
trends.
Launch new generation of trucks, Volvo •
FH and Volvo FM by summer.
Manage a continued weak demand in •
North America.
Ambitions 2007 Outcome 2007 Ambitions 2008
world’s fi rst CO2-neutral vehicle plant. In
2005, it was decided that the European plants
should be free from carbon-dioxide emissions
as of 2008.
“Two years ago you could say that an un-
offi cial race began between the plants to see
who would be fi rst,” says Marc Seghers,
Project Leader at Volvo Trucks in Ghent.
Today, 70% of the heat requirement in
Ghent is covered by an entirely new biomass
facility operated on pellets. The balance is
provided by a heat plant powered by biofuel.
Three wind-power plants are also installed in
the area. These cover 50% of the electricity
requirement and hydropower provides the
rest. The environmental effort is continuing
during 2008. Volvo Trucks’ plants in Tuve and
Umeå, Sweden, are also moving toward
becoming CO2-neutral.
Innovative safety technology
Parallel with the environment, safety is con-
tinuously in focus. The Volvo Integrated Safety
Truck has been the platform for many years
for Volvo’s development of active safety sys-
tems. It has served as a base for PReVENT,
the largest traffi c safety project in Europe.
During the year, in conjunction with Volvo
Trucks’ 80th anniversary, a jubilee truck was
presented with many examples of safety innov-
ations inspired by this development work.
These include a second-generation automatic
cruise control (ACC) and the Lane Keeping
Support system.
ACC is an adaptive cruise control that helps
maintain the distance to other vehicles. Lane
Keeping Support monitors the truck’s position
on the road and alerts if the vehicle comes too
close to the edge or the center line of the
road.
Deliveries by model
Volvo Trucks 2006 2007
Volvo FH 40,650 48,362
Volvo VN, VT and VHD 36,578 16,319
Volvo FM9, FM10, and FM12 20,381 23,525
Volvo FL 3,496 6,791
Volvo NH 667 24
Volvo VM 2,311 3,584
Other 1,436 1,504
Total 105,519 100,109
Deliveries by market
Volvo Trucks 2006 2007
Western Europe 39,011 41,009
Eastern Europe 10,217 18,456
North America 37,145 16,692
South America 7,940 10,166
Asia 7,501 9,002
Other markets 3,705 4,784
Total 105,519 100,109
Business areas 2007 55