For immediate release
Plant Manager: Bengt Svensson
Knock Down Operations, abbreviated KDO, is a unit organized within Volvo Car Manufacturing.
KDO's main tasks are:
- Assembly of cars in the KD Plants in South Asia (Malaysia, Thailand) and South Africa.
- Packing and Supply of components.
- Manufacturing Engineering of the assembly processes
KDO is located in the following places:
Assembly plants in
Logistics Centre (Packing and Component Supply) in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Quality & Manufacturing Engineering in Gothenburg, Sweden and in Born, The Netherlands
Management and Staff functions (HR, Finance and Project) in Gothenburg, Sweden
Total number of employees (Jan. 2002): 133 (Gothenburg, Maastricht and Born).
Postal & Visiting address Gothenburg, Sweden:
Knock Down Operations (KDO)
Volvo Car Corporation
TH
405 31 Gothenburg
Sweden
Tel. +46 31 595966
Fax. +46 31 599025
Postal & Visiting address Maastricht, the Netherlands:
Knock Down Operations (KDO)
Graanmolen 9-11
6229 PA
Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 43 356 9300
Fax. +31 43 356 9399
