Stopped Dongfeng project Volvo relocated China Bureau
The financial crisis has left the Volvo Group in deep trouble, and its development in China is also facing drastic changes. According to the latest news, Dongfeng's plan to establish a joint venture with Volvo has been suspended. Volvo and China National Heavy Duty Truck Joint Venture Plant Jinan Huawo Project is expected to restart. On the 12th, Jiang Wei, Vice President of Volvo China Investment Corp. stated clearly: “We have Xiwo, Shenwo, Jinan Huawo, Hangzhou Dongfeng Nissan Diesel, and now we do not need to open another new company.â€
"Dongfeng" is not with Zhou Lang
"I am not aware of this issue and have not been authorized to release relevant information." On the 11th, Dongfeng Motor Party Committee Minister Zhang Fangjing intentionally avoided this problem, but inside Dongfeng, the plan that Volvo and Dongfeng established a new joint venture has long been rumored to have died. . An insider, who asked not to be named, said: "The transnational heavy truck companies are struggling now.
In the face of the financial crisis, the Volvo Group must make some choices. In fact, as early as last October, the Volvo Group has adjusted its production in Europe and North America, and the measures for layoffs and production cuts have been implemented one after another. Jiang Yu said: "After Nissan Diesel was wholly acquired by Volvo, Volvo has actually had a cooperative relationship with Dongfeng, and now it is not enough to build a new factory." Obviously, Dongfeng Volvo's joint venture dream has gradually passed away in the financial turmoil.
As early as 2003, Dongfeng and Renault Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, cooperated in the research and development of heavy truck Tianlong. Since then, the joint venture between Dongfeng and Volvo has been on the agenda. In early 2004, Renault Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, and Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. signed an agreement in Paris, according to which the partners will establish a joint venture in China to produce truck and truck parts. However, with the introduction of the new automobile industry policy in 2004, the Volvo Group, which already has more than two automotive joint ventures, cannot establish a joint venture with Dongfeng. The agreement immediately became a "white bar" that could not be honored. However, the east wind was not reconciled afterwards. After the rift between Sinotruk and the Volvo Group in 2006, Dongfeng took advantage of it and focused on Volvo. In 2007, the Volvo Group signed a non-binding agreement with Dongfeng and Nissan, and the two sides demonstrated the feasibility of cooperating in the production of trucks in the future. Subsequently, in 2008 it was reported that the joint venture program had been sent to the National Development and Reform Commission for approval.
Industrial policy has obstacles, but the external situation changes faster. A person familiar with Volvo said: "Volvo has to work hard to achieve a joint venture with Dongfeng. It needs to withdraw its joint venture with a number of Chinese joint ventures in order to obtain a new permit. Now the market is not good if Volvo will It's not worth the effort to focus on this."
Jinan Huawo regains its chance
On the 8th, China National Heavy Duty Truck Chairman Ma Chunji stated clearly at a rare "2008 International Forum for the Development of the Chinese Automobile Industry" held in Tianjin: "We are in contact with Volvo."
Chiang Kai-shek is also quite pleased with Ma's position.
In 2003, the Volvo Group and China National Heavy Duty Truck experienced a nine-year hardship, and under the strong cooperation of the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments, Jinan Huawo Truck Co., Ltd. was finally established. In 2005, when Volvo learned that Sinotruk was carrying out its own engine project, he changed the idea of ​​establishing a joint venture engine company with China National Heavy Duty Truck. Not only that, because Sinotruk particularly emphasized its own development, after the joint venture with Volvo, it launched its own brand "Hoover" and also angered Volvo Group Volvo Group that "Howard" name was borrowed from the joint venture brand in sales. The light of Wowo, then, the contradictions between the two sides continued, and the conflict between product strategy and automobile culture also intensified. At the beginning of 2006, the two sides again encountered contradictions in the direction of the strategic development of trucks. Eventually, the Jinan Huawo project was completely shut down. At present, the factory has been discontinued for more than two years, and a modern factory has become empty.
However, such a fierce conflict has undergone subtle changes in the second half of this year.
A few days ago, an insider of China National Heavy Duty Truck revealed that the contacts between the two sides are ongoing. And Volvo never announced that it would give up its Jinan plant. This subtle change is not linked to the current financial crisis.
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