Volvo Group is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services.

The Volvo Group has more than 100,000 employees worldwide and invests more than €1.4 billion annually in research and development. Volvo is very active in European research and takes part in the ‘Factories of the Future’ project KAP, which aims at reducing energy consumption and waste generation in the manufacturing process.