China push puts Volvo back in black in 2013
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Published: 14 Jan, 2014 CET.
Updated: Tue 14 Jan 2014 10:30 CET
Volvo Cars posted annual profits last year after losses in 2012, thanks to a focus on the Chinese market and a tighter cost control, the company announced on Tuesday.
"I can already say that we're back in black," chief executive Håkan Samuelsson said in an interview with Swedish financial daily Dagens Industri at the Detroit auto show in the United States. "Last year we focused on two things: costs control and the Chinese market. And we've been successful." Samuelsson explained that Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely, had "saved almost 1.5 billion kronor" ($232 million) in fixed costs during the year and pointed out that sales in China had increased by 46 percent. The company had recovered from a first half year in the red, with 778 million kronor losses, preceded by three six-month periods of negative figures in a row. The detailed report from the company is expected by the end of March. Volvo Cars was acquired in 2010 by Geely, which manufactures brands such as Geely, Gleagle, Emgrand and Englon, unknown in the West.
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"I can already say that we're back in black," chief executive Håkan Samuelsson said in an interview with Swedish financial daily Dagens Industri at the Detroit auto show in the United States.
"Last year we focused on two things: costs control and the Chinese market. And we've been successful."
Samuelsson explained that Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of Chinese automaker Geely, had "saved almost 1.5 billion kronor" ($232 million) in fixed costs during the year and pointed out that sales in China had increased by 46 percent.
The company had recovered from a first half year in the red, with 778 million kronor losses, preceded by three six-month periods of negative figures in a row.
The detailed report from the company is expected by the end of March.
Volvo Cars was acquired in 2010 by Geely, which manufactures brands such as Geely, Gleagle, Emgrand and Englon, unknown in the West.
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