Volvo Mining Takes Center Stage in Mining Industry

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 19, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- The Volvo Group is establishing a dedicated mining entity to strengthen its position in the global mining industry, with Volvo Mining set to become the center of expertise. The new entity, which will be launched on January 1, 2027 and hosted within Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), aims to provide mining customers with a single, integrated business structure for Volvo trucks, construction equipment, and autonomous solutions.

Volvo Mining will focus on productivity, safety, and resilience, addressing the growing demand in mining as the industry enters a new phase of growth and transformation. The entity will combine capabilities from across the Volvo Group to enhance customer value in collaboration with retail partners. This move will create new opportunities to strengthen the Volvo Group's position in a strategically important and growing segment.

Per-Erik Lindström, currently Senior Vice President of Volvo Trucks International, has been appointed as the Head of Volvo Mining, effective January 1, 2027.

Volvo Mining will initially focus on mining customers and contractors in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, with plans to expand into additional markets. The entity will be backed by dedicated financial resources, driving product and service portfolio management for the Group's mining segment globally and taking on a coordinating role in the various research projects across the Group.

Volvo CE, the parent company of Volvo Mining, is a global leader in construction solutions, delivering premium products and services that combine power and performance with a more sustainable way of working. Volvo CE was founded in 1832 and has a distribution network across every major market. In 2025, approximately 120,000 Volvo trucks were delivered worldwide. Volvo CE provides industry-leading haulers, loaders, excavators, and much more, all built to suit the demands of our customers' varied construction and infrastructure needs. Volvo CE benefits from being connected to the Volvo Group, which also offers trucks, buses, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing, and services that increase our customers' uptime and productivity.

Founded in 2020, Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) is transforming the movement of goods through autonomous transport solutions within selected industry verticals. The autonomous transport solution offered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions includes a vehicle purpose-built for autonomous driving, a virtual driver, required infrastructure, operations, and uptime support as well as solutions that control the transport system and manage logistics flows. The solutions developed by V.A.S. are tailor-made for customers' needs and intended to make their operations safer, more productive, and more sustainable.