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Volvo mulls building Indian car plant as part of global sales driveAFP NEW DELHI -- Swedish carmaker Volvo said on Thursday it was studying the possibility of setting up a car manufacturing plant in India as part of a drive to nearly double global sales.
December 29, 2012, 12:05 am TWN The company, owned by Chinese group Geely Automobile, aims to increase worldwide sales to 800,000 vehicles by 2020, from a current 440,000 a year. “It makes sense to set up a car manufacturing facility in India as we target sales of 20,000 units by 2020 here,” Volvo Auto India managing director Tomas Ernberg said in western Ahmedabad city, the Press Trust of India reported. |
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