Lynk & Co cars to be made in Volvo Gent plant in 2019
Chinese are this time really coming.
Volvo is going to produce cars for Lynk & Co, the new brand under the umbrella of the Chinese company Geely, at the production facility in Ghent (Belgium) from the end of 2019. Geely is the parent company of Volvo and now also Lotus.
CMA
Lynk & Co uses Volvo technology, such as the modular Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform, which makes it possible to build the cars in a Volvo factory. Volvo has a share of 30 percent in Geely. The new brand was introduced in 2015 by.
Support
“We see many opportunities for this new brand on the European market and are delighted to be able to support Lynk & Co with Volvo with technological and industrial expertise,” said Håkan Samuelsson, president and CEO of Volvo Cars.
Employment opportunities
The production of models from Lynk & Co in Ghent has a positive influence on the employment in the area. Ghent is one of Volvo Cars’ two factories in Europe and has been building Volvo cars since 1965. At present there are about 5,000 people working there.