Volvo Group (AB Volvo)
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Head office: AB Volvo, SE-405 08 Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel.: + 46 31 660000
A Swedish-based multinational public company, which manufactures trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group brands include: Volvo, Volvo Penta, Rokbak, Renault Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, and Mack.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Through its Israeli distributor and partner, Volvo Group supplies heavy machinery to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer Cars and Trucks, Volvo’s exclusive distributor in Israel, supplied the IMOD with Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services, for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17,792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Gaza
Volvo machinery has been used for extensive demolitions carried out by the Israeli military inside the Gaza Strip, following its ground invasion in October 2023.
In April 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in extensive demolitions in Rafah carried out by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
On 20 April 2025 and 1 November 2024, Volvo Machinery was documented in use in the demolition of homes by the Israeli military in Rafah, Gaza.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in Gaza, Volvo machinery was documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip by the unit.
Golan
In December 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Home Demolitions
Volvo machinery has been used by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities for the demolition of Palestinian homes, water and electricity infrastructure, agricultural structures and agriculture in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and within the Green Line.
On 18 February 2025, a Volvo bulldozer was used by the Israeli Civil Administration accompanied by the Israeli military in the demolition of three houses, leaving more than 14 people homeless, in Umm Al Khair, Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.
On 28 January 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in home demolitions in the Sama Ariha area in the occupied West Bank.
On 16 December 2024, a Volvo digger was used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of nine homes, leaving nine families, 35 members including 15 minors, homeless in Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On 26 June 2024, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of a community power grid and two homes carried out by the Israeli Civil Administration, leaving 24 people, 15 of them minors, homeless in Umm al Kheir, South of Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On 20 July 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented during the destruction of hundreds of grapevines, olive trees and five water tanks in Khirbet al-Hirdash agricultural area, southeast of Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On 6 March 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of four Palestinian homes by (ICA), including an outhouse and two water tanks, leaving 36 people homeless in She'b al Batem village in South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
In January 2023, a Volvo heavy-duty machine was documented during the demolition of 14 houses carried out by Israeli authorities in Jabal Al-Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
In December 2022, Volvo machinery was documented in house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem. A total of 36 buildings were demolished by the Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem in December 2022, leaving 24 Palestinians, including 14 minors, without a home.
On 18 August 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used by the ICA and military in the demolition of 3 homes and 3 livestock enclosures in Khirbet ‘Alan in al-Jiftlik area in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces destroyed two residential units, an outdoor kitchen and portable belonging to a family of 11, including 7 minors, an additional house, three livestock shacks and two tin rooms used for making cheese, and damaged two water containers and livestock pen fences.
On 7 July 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader during the demolishment of a home of a family of 15 members and a house under construction in Khirbert Um Qusa in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank.
On 30 June 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader to demolish two agricultural structures in the villages of a-Rifa’iya and al-Buweib in the South Hebron Hills area, in the occupied West Bank.
On 11 May 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented while Israeli forces demolished 11 structures in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills. Including 8 homes housing 47 people and 19 minors and 4 agricultural structures.
On 14 December 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were used in the demolition of a water well and agricultural walls in the Palestinian village Khalet Alfurn, in east Hebron. Additionally, on 18 October 2021 the wheel loaders were used by the Israeli Army in destroying roads between several Palestinian villages near Tayaseer village in the Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank.
On July 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were also used to move cement blocks used by the Israeli military to block the entrance to the Palestinian neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah where families are facing the threat of forced displacement, in occupied East Jerusalem.
In February 2016, Volvo trucks were used by the ICA and the Israeli military to confiscate solar panels in Khirbet Jebnah, in South Hebron Hills. In April 2015, a Volvo truck was documented during the confiscation of 12 solar panels belonging to Khan al-Ahmar community in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli Civil Administration and Border Police. In both cases, the solar panels, provided by humanitarian aid organizations, were the community’s sole source of electricity.
In 2012, Volvo wheel loaders were used to demolish houses in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khayr and to block roads in the South Hebron Hills area.
Volvo track excavators and wheel loaders were also used for house demolitions in the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem of Issawiya in 2009, Beit Hanina in 2008 and Tzur Baher in 2007, in addition to demolitions in previous years in Silwan, Wadi Qaddum and Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem.
Home Demolitions in the Naqab
Volvo equipment is also used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of Palestinian homes within the Green Line, specifically in demolitions carried out against Palestinian Bedouin communities who face displacement in the Naqab region.
On 28 May 2025, Volvo Machinery was used in the demolition of a family home and additional facilities in the village of Beer Hadaj in the Naqab.
On 14 November 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in the demolition of a mosque, the last remaining structure in Um Al Hiran in the Naqab.
On 8 May 2024, Volvo Wheel loader was documented in the demolition of the Wadi Al Khalil village in the Naqab. The demolitions of around 47 houses were carried out as part of the expansion of Highway 6 and left around 300 Palestinian residents homeless.
On 11 January 2022, Volvo wheel loaders were documented in the demolitions of residential tents in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Sa’aua and other demolitions in Palestinian villages in the Naqab area.
On 29 December 2021, Volvo heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in the Naqab Area.
On 2 July 2015, Volvo wheel loaders were used to evict the Bedouin community of Al-Araqib from its land in the Naqab.
For more on the development projects in the Naqab see Who Profits interactive map: Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development and Military Projects.
Services to Settlements
According to Volvo website, the company has two service centers in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank and in the Atarot Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Volvo Group's subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies, supplies armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies. Merkavim is jointly owned by Volvo Group (26.5%) and its Israeli distributor, Mayer’s Cars and Trucks (73.45%).
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks, the exclusive distributor of Volvo in Israel, supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and services to the Israeli Prison Service. For the full company profile, see Mayer’s Cars and Trucks.
Settlement Construction
Previously, Volvo equipment was used for the construction of the Har Gilo settlement and the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank, and the construction of Route 443 road in the West Bank (for Israelis only).
Wall and Checkpoints
In 2008, Volvo trucks were used for the construction of the Huwwara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Volvo equipment was also used for the construction of the Separation Wall near the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja.
A Swedish-based multinational public company, which manufactures trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group brands include: Volvo, Volvo Penta, Rokbak, Renault Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, and Mack.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Through its Israeli distributor and partner, Volvo Group supplies heavy machinery to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer Cars and Trucks, Volvo’s exclusive distributor in Israel, supplied the IMOD with Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services, for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17,792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Gaza
Volvo machinery has been used for extensive demolitions carried out by the Israeli military inside the Gaza Strip, following its ground invasion in October 2023.
In April 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in extensive demolitions in Rafah carried out by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
On 20 April 2025 and 1 November 2024, Volvo Machinery was documented in use in the demolition of homes by the Israeli military in Rafah, Gaza.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in Gaza, Volvo machinery was documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip by the unit.
Golan
In December 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Home Demolitions
Volvo machinery has been used by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities for the demolition of Palestinian homes, water and electricity infrastructure, agricultural structures and agriculture in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and within the Green Line.
On 18 February 2025, a Volvo bulldozer was used by the Israeli Civil Administration accompanied by the Israeli military in the demolition of three houses, leaving more than 14 people homeless, in Umm Al Khair, Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.
On 28 January 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in home demolitions in the Sama Ariha area in the occupied West Bank.
On 16 December 2024, a Volvo digger was used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of nine homes, leaving nine families, 35 members including 15 minors, homeless in Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On 26 June 2024, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of a community power grid and two homes carried out by the Israeli Civil Administration, leaving 24 people, 15 of them minors, homeless in Umm al Kheir, South of Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On 20 July 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented during the destruction of hundreds of grapevines, olive trees and five water tanks in Khirbet al-Hirdash agricultural area, southeast of Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On 6 March 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of four Palestinian homes by (ICA), including an outhouse and two water tanks, leaving 36 people homeless in She'b al Batem village in South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
In January 2023, a Volvo heavy-duty machine was documented during the demolition of 14 houses carried out by Israeli authorities in Jabal Al-Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
In December 2022, Volvo machinery was documented in house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem. A total of 36 buildings were demolished by the Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem in December 2022, leaving 24 Palestinians, including 14 minors, without a home.
On 18 August 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used by the ICA and military in the demolition of 3 homes and 3 livestock enclosures in Khirbet ‘Alan in al-Jiftlik area in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces destroyed two residential units, an outdoor kitchen and portable belonging to a family of 11, including 7 minors, an additional house, three livestock shacks and two tin rooms used for making cheese, and damaged two water containers and livestock pen fences.
On 7 July 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader during the demolishment of a home of a family of 15 members and a house under construction in Khirbert Um Qusa in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank.
On 30 June 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader to demolish two agricultural structures in the villages of a-Rifa’iya and al-Buweib in the South Hebron Hills area, in the occupied West Bank.
On 11 May 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented while Israeli forces demolished 11 structures in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills. Including 8 homes housing 47 people and 19 minors and 4 agricultural structures.
On 14 December 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were used in the demolition of a water well and agricultural walls in the Palestinian village Khalet Alfurn, in east Hebron. Additionally, on 18 October 2021 the wheel loaders were used by the Israeli Army in destroying roads between several Palestinian villages near Tayaseer village in the Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank.
On July 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were also used to move cement blocks used by the Israeli military to block the entrance to the Palestinian neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah where families are facing the threat of forced displacement, in occupied East Jerusalem.
In February 2016, Volvo trucks were used by the ICA and the Israeli military to confiscate solar panels in Khirbet Jebnah, in South Hebron Hills. In April 2015, a Volvo truck was documented during the confiscation of 12 solar panels belonging to Khan al-Ahmar community in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli Civil Administration and Border Police. In both cases, the solar panels, provided by humanitarian aid organizations, were the community’s sole source of electricity.
In 2012, Volvo wheel loaders were used to demolish houses in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khayr and to block roads in the South Hebron Hills area.
Volvo track excavators and wheel loaders were also used for house demolitions in the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem of Issawiya in 2009, Beit Hanina in 2008 and Tzur Baher in 2007, in addition to demolitions in previous years in Silwan, Wadi Qaddum and Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem.
Home Demolitions in the Naqab
Volvo equipment is also used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of Palestinian homes within the Green Line, specifically in demolitions carried out against Palestinian Bedouin communities who face displacement in the Naqab region.
On 28 May 2025, Volvo Machinery was used in the demolition of a family home and additional facilities in the village of Beer Hadaj in the Naqab.
On 14 November 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in the demolition of a mosque, the last remaining structure in Um Al Hiran in the Naqab.
On 8 May 2024, Volvo Wheel loader was documented in the demolition of the Wadi Al Khalil village in the Naqab. The demolitions of around 47 houses were carried out as part of the expansion of Highway 6 and left around 300 Palestinian residents homeless.
On 11 January 2022, Volvo wheel loaders were documented in the demolitions of residential tents in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Sa’aua and other demolitions in Palestinian villages in the Naqab area.
On 29 December 2021, Volvo heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in the Naqab Area.
On 2 July 2015, Volvo wheel loaders were used to evict the Bedouin community of Al-Araqib from its land in the Naqab.
For more on the development projects in the Naqab see Who Profits interactive map: Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development and Military Projects.
Services to Settlements
According to Volvo website, the company has two service centers in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank and in the Atarot Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Volvo Group's subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies, supplies armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies. Merkavim is jointly owned by Volvo Group (26.5%) and its Israeli distributor, Mayer’s Cars and Trucks (73.45%).
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks, the exclusive distributor of Volvo in Israel, supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and services to the Israeli Prison Service. For the full company profile, see Mayer’s Cars and Trucks.
Settlement Construction
Previously, Volvo equipment was used for the construction of the Har Gilo settlement and the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank, and the construction of Route 443 road in the West Bank (for Israelis only).
Wall and Checkpoints
In 2008, Volvo trucks were used for the construction of the Huwwara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Volvo equipment was also used for the construction of the Separation Wall near the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja.
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Volvo Group (AB Volvo)
Head office: AB Volvo, SE-405 08 Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel.: + 46 31 660000
A Swedish-based multinational public company, which manufactures trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group brands include: Volvo, Volvo Penta, Rokbak, Renault Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, and Mack.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Through its Israeli distributor and partner, Volvo Group supplies heavy machinery to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer Cars and Trucks, Volvo’s exclusive distributor in Israel, supplied the IMOD with Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services, for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17,792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Gaza
Volvo machinery has been used for extensive demolitions carried out by the Israeli military inside the Gaza Strip, following its ground invasion in October 2023.
In April 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in extensive demolitions in Rafah carried out by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
On 20 April 2025 and 1 November 2024, Volvo Machinery was documented in use in the demolition of homes by the Israeli military in Rafah, Gaza.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in Gaza, Volvo machinery was documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip by the unit.
Golan
In December 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Home Demolitions
Volvo machinery has been used by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities for the demolition of Palestinian homes, water and electricity infrastructure, agricultural structures and agriculture in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and within the Green Line.
On 18 February 2025, a Volvo bulldozer was used by the Israeli Civil Administration accompanied by the Israeli military in the demolition of three houses, leaving more than 14 people homeless, in Umm Al Khair, Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.
On 28 January 2025, Volvo machinery was documented in home demolitions in the Sama Ariha area in the occupied West Bank.
On 16 December 2024, a Volvo digger was used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of nine homes, leaving nine families, 35 members including 15 minors, homeless in Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On 26 June 2024, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of a community power grid and two homes carried out by the Israeli Civil Administration, leaving 24 people, 15 of them minors, homeless in Umm al Kheir, South of Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On 20 July 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented during the destruction of hundreds of grapevines, olive trees and five water tanks in Khirbet al-Hirdash agricultural area, southeast of Tarqumiya, northwest of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On 6 March 2023, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used in the demolition of four Palestinian homes by (ICA), including an outhouse and two water tanks, leaving 36 people homeless in She'b al Batem village in South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
In January 2023, a Volvo heavy-duty machine was documented during the demolition of 14 houses carried out by Israeli authorities in Jabal Al-Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
In December 2022, Volvo machinery was documented in house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem. A total of 36 buildings were demolished by the Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem in December 2022, leaving 24 Palestinians, including 14 minors, without a home.
On 18 August 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was used by the ICA and military in the demolition of 3 homes and 3 livestock enclosures in Khirbet ‘Alan in al-Jiftlik area in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces destroyed two residential units, an outdoor kitchen and portable belonging to a family of 11, including 7 minors, an additional house, three livestock shacks and two tin rooms used for making cheese, and damaged two water containers and livestock pen fences.
On 7 July 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader during the demolishment of a home of a family of 15 members and a house under construction in Khirbert Um Qusa in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank.
On 30 June 2022, the ICA used a Volvo Wheel Loader to demolish two agricultural structures in the villages of a-Rifa’iya and al-Buweib in the South Hebron Hills area, in the occupied West Bank.
On 11 May 2022, a Volvo Wheel Loader was documented while Israeli forces demolished 11 structures in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills. Including 8 homes housing 47 people and 19 minors and 4 agricultural structures.
On 14 December 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were used in the demolition of a water well and agricultural walls in the Palestinian village Khalet Alfurn, in east Hebron. Additionally, on 18 October 2021 the wheel loaders were used by the Israeli Army in destroying roads between several Palestinian villages near Tayaseer village in the Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank.
On July 2021, Volvo wheel loaders were also used to move cement blocks used by the Israeli military to block the entrance to the Palestinian neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah where families are facing the threat of forced displacement, in occupied East Jerusalem.
In February 2016, Volvo trucks were used by the ICA and the Israeli military to confiscate solar panels in Khirbet Jebnah, in South Hebron Hills. In April 2015, a Volvo truck was documented during the confiscation of 12 solar panels belonging to Khan al-Ahmar community in the occupied West Bank by the Israeli Civil Administration and Border Police. In both cases, the solar panels, provided by humanitarian aid organizations, were the community’s sole source of electricity.
In 2012, Volvo wheel loaders were used to demolish houses in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khayr and to block roads in the South Hebron Hills area.
Volvo track excavators and wheel loaders were also used for house demolitions in the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem of Issawiya in 2009, Beit Hanina in 2008 and Tzur Baher in 2007, in addition to demolitions in previous years in Silwan, Wadi Qaddum and Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem.
Home Demolitions in the Naqab
Volvo equipment is also used by Israeli authorities in the demolition of Palestinian homes within the Green Line, specifically in demolitions carried out against Palestinian Bedouin communities who face displacement in the Naqab region.
On 28 May 2025, Volvo Machinery was used in the demolition of a family home and additional facilities in the village of Beer Hadaj in the Naqab.
On 14 November 2024, Volvo machinery was documented in the demolition of a mosque, the last remaining structure in Um Al Hiran in the Naqab.
On 8 May 2024, Volvo Wheel loader was documented in the demolition of the Wadi Al Khalil village in the Naqab. The demolitions of around 47 houses were carried out as part of the expansion of Highway 6 and left around 300 Palestinian residents homeless.
On 11 January 2022, Volvo wheel loaders were documented in the demolitions of residential tents in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Sa’aua and other demolitions in Palestinian villages in the Naqab area.
On 29 December 2021, Volvo heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in the Naqab Area.
On 2 July 2015, Volvo wheel loaders were used to evict the Bedouin community of Al-Araqib from its land in the Naqab.
For more on the development projects in the Naqab see Who Profits interactive map: Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab: Development and Military Projects.
Services to Settlements
According to Volvo website, the company has two service centers in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank and in the Atarot Industrial Zone in occupied East Jerusalem.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Volvo Group's subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies, supplies armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies. Merkavim is jointly owned by Volvo Group (26.5%) and its Israeli distributor, Mayer’s Cars and Trucks (73.45%).
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks, the exclusive distributor of Volvo in Israel, supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and services to the Israeli Prison Service. For the full company profile, see Mayer’s Cars and Trucks.
Settlement Construction
Previously, Volvo equipment was used for the construction of the Har Gilo settlement and the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank, and the construction of Route 443 road in the West Bank (for Israelis only).
Wall and Checkpoints
In 2008, Volvo trucks were used for the construction of the Huwwara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Volvo equipment was also used for the construction of the Separation Wall near the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja.
Ownership
Major shareholders include: AM Fonder AB (2.87%), Alecta Pension Insurance Mutual (2.15%), Industrivärden AB (1.61%), Nordea Investment Management AB (1.51%), Första AP-fonden (1.46%), Carnegie Fonder AB (1.29%), Norges Bank Investment Management (1.24%), Storebrand Asset Management AS (1.05%)
President and CEO: Martin Lundstedt.
Subsidiaries
Fully owned subsidiaries: Volvo Lastvagnar AB, Volvo Business Services International AB, Volvo Bussar AB, Volvo Construction Equipment AB, AB Volvo Penta, VNA Holding Inc., Volvo Financial Services AB, Volvo Treasury AB, Volvo Investment AB, Volvo Lastvagnar Sverige AB, Volvo Fuel Cell Holding AB, Volvo China Investment Co Ltd., Volvo Automotive Finance (China) Ltd., Volvo Group Mexico SA, Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, Volvo Powertrain AB, Volvo Information Technology AB, Volvo Parts AB, Volvo Group Insurance Försäkrings AB, Volvo Business Services AB, Volvo Danmark A/S, Kommersiella Fordon Europa AB, Volvo Norge AS, Volvo Malaysia Sdn Bhd., Volvo Logistics AB, VFS Latvia SIA, VFS Int Romania Leasing Operational, Volvo Energy AB, VFS Renting Sociedade Unipessoal Lda., Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB.
Partially owned subsidiaries: Volvo Group Italia Spa (65%), Rental Business Solution S.R.L. (49%), Volvo Group UK Ltd. (35%), VFS Servizi Financiari Spa (25%).
Israeli subsidiary: Merkavim Transportation Technologies (26.5%)
Partners
Isuzu Motors, Samsung SDI, Daimler Truck, Aurora, Traton Group, Renault Group, CMA CGM Group, Westport Fuel Systems.
The company's exclusive representative in Israel is Mayer's Cars and Trucks.
* This section refers to the company's general business partners
Company Response
Volvo Group Statement
8th June 2025
Dear Madam, Sir,
This is to confirm receipt of your letter dated 18th May 2025, requesting us to respond on your planned publication about business activities of the Volvo Group.
We take the issues you have raised very seriously and appreciate the opportunity to respond.
Volvo Group is committed to respect internationally recognized human rights and seek to address adverse human rights impacts with which the Volvo G roup is involved, in accordance with our human riqhts policy. We follow applicable rules, including sanctions and export control requirements and we are working continuously to strengthen our human rights due diligence processes across our business. We also recognize that despite our action to promote proper use of our products and services, there will be instances of noncompliance or misuse by other parties.
With regard to the allegations shared concerning the use of Volvo machinery and vehicles in your letter, we are very concerned of this purported use. We are aware of certain instances of Volvo Group products, outside of our control, having been used in a manner which we do not support, and Volvo G roup is taking steps that aim to reduce risks of such instances. However, without further details regarding what exact vehicle was used (including image of serial number or similar), it is not possible for us to investigate when and where the product could have been sold.
In Israel, we sell Volvo products to a private importer, Mayers Cars and Trucks, that then sell products to end-customers. However, there are additional pathways throug h which Volvo products may enter a market and reach end-customers, where our control or oversight is highly limited, for example throug h onward sales on the second-hand market. Our products have a long-life span and may be rented out and change ownership many times during their operational duration and we are limited in our ability to influence how and where our products will be used throughout their entire life cycle by different end-users.
We remain available to answer any further questions you may have,
Sincerely, AB Volvo
Corporate Responsiblity
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