Volvo picks Monterrey for $700 million Mexico truck plant


FILE PHOTO: Volvo trucks are seen for sale in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's AB Volvo has picked Monterrey in northern Mexico as the site for its new North American heavy-duty truck factory and expects construction to cost $700 million, it said on Friday.

Volvo had announced in April that it aimed to build a plant in Mexico to supply the group's Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks businesses in the United States and Canada as well as Mack Trucks in Mexico and Latin America.

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