Research and Markets: The Volvo Group is One of the Leading Manufacturers of Trucks and Buses

DUBLIN, Ireland--Jan. 2, 20060, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31149 ) has announced the addition of Volvo Group 2005 Company Profile Edition 3 to their offering.

Headquartered at Goteborg, Sweden, Volvo Group is one of the leading manufacturers of trucks, construction equipment, buses, aerospace components, and drive systems for industrial and marine applications. The group also offers complete financing and service solutions to its customers. The business areas of the Volvo Group include Trucks (including Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks and Renault Trucks), Buses, Construction Equipment (CE), Volvo Aero, Volvo Penta and Volvo Financial Services. In 2004, Volvo Group (excluding financial services) posted total sales of SEK201,496 million, an increase of 15.3% over 2003, with trucks contributing 65% of the group's net sales.

Topics Covered

-- Chapter 1: Company Dossier .

-- Chapter 2: Worldwide Locations .

-- Chapter 3: Financial Analysis .

-- Chapter 4: Competitor Analysis .

-- Chapter 5: Key Events .

-- Chapter 6: SWOT Analysis .

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

-- Chapter 7: Customers .

-- Chapter 8: Products .

Table 5: Volvo Group's range of key products across business areas

Figure 2: Breakdown of sales by business area* (as a % of total sales), 2003-2004

Chapter 9: Product Development .

-- Chapter 10: Prospects .

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-- List of tables

Table 1: Volvo Group's manufacturing facilities in Sweden

Table 2: Breakdown of Volvo Group's employees by region, 2004

Table 3: Breakdown of Volvo Group's employees by business area, 2004

Table 4: Volvo Group's key financial data, 2000-2004

Table 5: Volvo Group's range of key products across business areas

-- List of figures

Figure 1: Breakdown of sales by region* (as a % of total sales), 2003-2004

Figure 2: Breakdown of sales by business area* (as a % of total sales), 2003-2004

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