# Volvo Cars orders two press hardening furnaces from AP&T for Olofström plant

Volvo Car Body Components in Olofström, Sweden, has ordered two Multi-Layer Furnaces from AP&T to increase production capacity and flexibility for press hardened automotive components. Installation is planned for summer 2022.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-01-10
- Where: Olofström, Sweden
- Value: $1.07B (10.0B SEK)
- Starts operating: Q3 2022
- Status: announced
- Products: press hardened automotive components, Multi-Layer Furnaces
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Volvo Cars](https://endata.com/companies/21173.md)
- [AP&T](https://endata.com/companies/23428.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ffjournal.net](https://www.ffjournal.net/industry-news/5-news/16849-volvo-cars-invests-in-new-press-hardening-furnaces-from-apt), 2022-01-10: "The investment increases our furnace capacity, which offers the opportunity to manufacture larger volumes and gives us greater flexibility in production."
- [volvocars.com](https://www.volvocars.com/intl/media/press-releases/1DD66103620C00EB/), 2022-02-08: "Volvo Cars will invest SEK 10 billion in its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden in coming years, in preparation for the production of that next generation of fully electric cars."

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