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* Sweden - Inside Volvo's factory
* Sweden - How an ultra-modern truck is built
Stockholm,Sweden -Video from Youtube, by Volvo Trucks - June 19, 2013: -- This spring saw the first of the series-produced new Volvo FH trucks roll out of the factory gates for delivery to customers throughout Europe. But just how is an ultra-modern truck built, how do advanced electronics and other hardware turn into a single smoothly functioning entity and how can top quality be guaranteed ? ... The new Volvo FH has been dubbed the “next-generation truck”. Jonas Nordqvist, product feature and profitability manager in the strategic planning department at Volvo Trucks, talks about what this actually means... Did you know that…
… it takes about five days to transform a roll of steel into an ultra-modern truck ?
… the cab passes through about 350 pairs of hands before it is fully assembled ?
… 3.8 litres of paint are needed to paint a Volvo FH topcoat ?
… the press tools weigh between 25 and 30 tonnes each ?
… 2790 screws are used in the building of an ultra-modern truck ?
… the new Volvo FH weighs between 7,500 and 12,500 kg (depending on specification) ?
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