Volvo Car’s product line will see major upgrades in 2013. Development projects have included work by technical consultants employed on temporary contracts. Following completion, the company will phase out 300-400 consultancy contracts during the remainder of 2012. The number will reduce to 800-900.
“By using highly skilled technical consultants in our engineering operations we have the flexibility to tailor the workforce to short-term needs in our car projects. This flexibility is vital to Volvo Car as a small car manufacturer,” said R&D chief Peter Mertens.
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“We have now completed a development phase for upgrading major parts of our product portfolio which will be launched next year. We will therefore carry out a planned adaptation of the size of our organisation.”
Volvo will introduce a new scalable product architecture platform in 2014.
