Volvo Car Considers Opening Third Plant in Europe

Volvo Car Considers Opening Third Plant in Europe
A Volvo S60 is displayed during the inauguration of Volvo Cars first U.S. production plant in Ridgeville, S.C., on June 20, 2018. Randall Hill/Reuters
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BERLIN—Volvo Cars is considering building a third plant in Europe in order to boost its production capacity beyond 1.2 million vehicles per year, a company spokesperson said on Sunday.

German autos publication Automobilwoche reported earlier on Sunday that the company was planning on building another European plant by the middle of the decade to meet its production target of 1.2 million vehicles a year, quoting Volvo Cars CFO Bjorn Annwall.