Sweden’s Saab Factory Up and Running Again

On March 22, after a seven week hiatus, the Saab factory in Trollhättan started up production again.
Sweden’s Saab Factory Up and Running Again
Managing Director Victor R Muller of Dutch sportscar maker Spyker visits the Saab factory in Trollhattan, Sweden on March 22 after the production line started again following a couple week pause. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/AFP/Getty Images)
3/23/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015

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Managing Director Victor R Muller of Dutch sportscar maker Spyker visits the Saab factory in Trollhattan, Sweden on March 22 after the production line started again following a couple week pause.  (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/AFP/Getty Images)
On March 22, after a seven week hiatus, the Saab factory in Trollhättan started up production again.

Production was stopped when Saab’s former owner General Motors initiated liquidation of the company. With the appearance of a new owner, Spyker, the liquidation process was interrupted, but it was pretty far gone by then. Subcontractors had emptied their stocks so no components were delivered to the Saab factory—they had to start over sourcing raw materials, building new components, and delivering them to the factory. Production started on Monday morning, and in three weeks time it is projected to have reached 1,100 cars. The big challenge for new owner Spyker will be to improve sales, which were very poor last year, when less than 40,000 cars were built.

“We will spread the gospel that Saab is back again,” said Spyker CEO Victor Muller, who is leaving for a ten-day tour to visit resellers together with Saab CEO Jan-Åke Jonsson.