Volvo Cars of North America will relocate its North American headquarters from Irvine, California, back to Rockleigh, New Jersey, where it currently has its customer care, parts and service operations, by the end of 2008, the company announced on Monday.
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“We have evaluated the situation in the US market and decided to consolidate our headquarters operations in one location,” said marketing, sales and service chief Gerry Keaney. “It is a natural choice to go back to [our] original location in New Jersey as we already have major operations and facilities there.”
The Swedish automaker opened its first US headquarters in 1956 in Newark, New Jersey, then moved to Englewood Cliffs before settling in Rockleigh in 1964. It moved to Irvine in 2001 when Ford’s Premier Automotive Group building opened.
Volvo said the relocation would make North American operations more efficient by bringing all staff together in one location, as well as bringing them three time zones closer to the Swedish headquarters. The relocation would affect fewer than 80 Irvine employees, it added.
VCNA has also announced today the appointment of Doug Speck as president and CEO, replacing Anne Belec, now Ford’s director of global marketing in Dearborn, Michigan.
