The plant is expected to be located in the municipality of Ciénega de Flores and will have an area of 160,000 square meters, where Volvo and Mack heavy vehicles will be manufactured. Monterrey, NL. The governor of Nuevo León said that they had “very much in the bag” the project for the installation of a Volvo heavy truck plant. Volvo’s heavy truck plant in the state and that this Thursday, August 22nd, the official announcement will be made together with the executives of the Swedish assembler. “We have been asked about the new Volvo plant, it is a project that we had ‘very guarded’, I am very happy, Volvo is coming to Nuevo León and on Thursday I will give you the details, and we will make the official announcement with the company’s executives,” said the president in his Instagram stories. With this announcement, the presence of assembly plants in the state is strengthened, with Kia Motors, Navistar and now Volvo. The plant is expected to be installed in the municipality of Ciénega de Flores and will have an area of 160,000 square meters, where Volvo and Mack heavy vehicles will be manufactured. In April, the assembler said that this facility will provide additional capacity for the growth plans of Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks in the United States and Canadian markets and truck sales in Mexico and Latin America. Volvo has invested US$73 million in expansion and upgrades at LVO and is currently investing an additional US$80 million for future production.