Volvo Penta
receives order for 220 engines from Saudi Arabia
January 03, 2001
The order strengthens Volvo Penta’s
position on the Saudi Arabian market for industrial engines.
Deliveries in year 2000 total about 1,500 engines, compared with about
900 in the preceding year. Volvo Penta’s total sales value in Saudi
Arabia in the first nine months of this year amounted to SEK 140
million.
Saudi Arabia is one of Volvo Penta’s single largest markets for
industrial engines. Through its importer, Al Khorayef, Volvo Penta has
delivered more than 45,000 heavy diesel engines to Saudi Arabia during
the past three decades.