Volvo Penta

Founded: 1868
Headquarters: Göteborg, Sweden
Website site: www.volvopenta.com


About the company: Volvo Penta is a world-leading supplier of engines and complete power systems for marine and industrial applications.


Volvo Penta has wholly owned plants in Vara, Sweden, for production of 3-, 4- and 5-litre diesel engines and in Lexington, Tennessee, USA, for production of all gasoline engines.


A major part of Volvo Penta´s diesel engines are manufactured at Volvo´s common engine plant in Skövde, Sweden.


In Wuxi, China, Volvo Penta has a final assembling factory for diesel engines together with its Chinese partner Wuxi Diesel Engine Works.


Volvo Penta's stern drives are manufactured at the Lexington plant and at Volvo´s common transmission plant in Köping, Sweden.