URI(s)
Variants
- AB Volvo
- Aktiebolaget Volvo
- Volvo (Firm)
- Volvo Group
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Has Affiliation
- Organization: SKF (Firm)
Descriptor
- Business enterprises
Associated Locale
- Sweden
Associated Language
- Swedish
Field of Activity
Motor vehicles--Design and construction
Automobiles--Design and construction
(lcsh) Commercial vehicles--Design and construction
(lcsh) Volvo automobile--Design and construction
(lcsh) Volvo buses--Design and construction
(lcsh) Volvo trucks--Design and construction
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Its Ă…rsredovisning ... 1963-
- found: AB Volvos grundare och företagets ... 1993.
- found: Jaksch, Friedrich. Handling and stability, 1973:cover (Aktiebolag Volvo (Sweden))
- found: Volvo Cars Global Newsroom website, 8 January 2000(Volvo was born on April 14th, 1927, when the first car left the factory; designed by engineers at SKF in Gothenburg; SKF [a ball bearing manufacturer] provided the factory premises and the name, AB Volvo, which had been used in a previous business operation; Volvo is Latin and means "I roll")
- found: Wikipedia, viewed 25 February 2020(Volvo; Volvo Group; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO; Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg; its first car was rolled out on 14 April 1927 in Hisingen, Gothenburg; the first truck debuted in January 1928; SKF sold its shares in the company when AB Volvo was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1935; in 1978, Volvo Car Corporation was spun off as a separate company within the Volvo group; in January 1999, Volvo Group sold Volvo Car Corporation to Ford Motor Company in order to concentrate on commercial vehicles; AB Volvo's core activity is now the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment)
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Change Notes
- 1980-09-25: new
- 2020-02-26: revised
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