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Mega Manufacturing: Custom-made Volvo Trucks in Belgium | 4K Engineering Documentary

An enormous output and yet, every-truck custom-made: this is Volvo Trucks in Belgium.

Trucks: Kings of the road with enormous power. Their manufacture demands a good eye, absolute precision and above all: perfect logistics. One of the world's largest truck factories is located in Belgium, close to the romantic town of Ghent. It's the ideal location, close to thousands of customers across Western Europe. This is where Volvo produces its bestseller: the all-time all-rounder "FH" - one of the most popular trucks in Europe with the most powerful engines in the industry! Approximately two hundred trucks each day! Each one unique: every truck leaving this factory is different: Mega Manufacturing individually tailored to customer requirements in a feat of logistical perfection. Timed to the minute. Around one thousand five hundred individual parts are installed by the workers in two hundred and ten operations over eight hours from the simple unadorned chassis - to a state of the art truck.

This Mega Manufacturing takes huge amounts of energy. But suprisingly without CO2 emissions. Volvo Trucks in Belgium was the first carbon-neutral car factory in the world. As early as 2009.
Green energy, perfect logistics, a gigantic, fully automated warehouse, modern robots: the factory is still high-tech. But nothing works here without well-trained people. Volvo Trucks calls themself a „people factory“. At the moment they are testing how to support their highly-trained workforces with new high-tech equipment: exoskeletons and virtual reality glasses allow workers and computers to become one! It could become the truck factory of the future!

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[NoizieWorks]

Hi! I'm a electro mechanical maintenance technician on the main production plant🙋‍♂️ nice to see the factory this way.

[NathanChisholm]

I drive trucks here in Western Australia and my transport shipping company has just upgraded to the FH series Volvo trucks and its better than my car!

[MrMopar]

Awesome video. As a truck driver in the USA most of the trucks I’ve drove are Volvo’s made in the USA but they use the Volvo engine from Sweden. Volvo ships the block from Sweden but the rest of the engine parts are made in the USA. And the I-Shift transmission is awesome with the shifter mounted on the drivers right side of the seat I can steer with my left arm and operate the shifter in auto mode or manual mode which is vary important. Their are times I need to downshift the up shift at the vary right spot in the road so to optimize truck performance. One point in particular is the turn on I-5 north bound in tumwater Washington and Olympia Washington going around the state capital in that a series of turns I need to slow down and then at the right moment downshift as the road doglegs to the left and goes uphill if you don’t you loose momentum and speed but if done right you go up the hill at highway speeds, you can’t do that in any other truck. Also with the I-Shift transmission and traction control in snow and ice the truck is virtually unstoppable I know I’ve done it and I have pictures to prove it. I’m now retired but I maintain my CDL people call me and I ask if the have Volvo’s with I-Shifts transmissions if not I don’t talk with them. Also I love the 4 stage Jake brake on the Volvo motor. Another aspect of the I-Shift transmission is the truck will automatically downshift going at highway speeds down any grade, you can’t do that with any other truck, it will get you killed. The only thing I wish I had was that 750 hp motor in my rigs I would of blown the doors off every Peterbilt on the road it would’ve been great. Peterbilt drivers hate to get passed by Volvo’s it pisses them off big time😀😀😀😀

[userunknown]

Volvo FH is such great truck. I'm always glad to see it at highway.

[river]

Man, German documentaries are the best. They’re both educative and interesting.

[thearchitecturalgamer]

So saw the home country American version and really liked it but I’ve been dying to see the European version cause dang that is one sexy truck 🤤

[tomnuttynck]

Nice, I'm proud to be part of the Volvo Group.

[vikramb]

It's really a treat for me to see the truck being manufactured

[saptarshismartphone]

Real eye opener. Had thought that the main chassis was a single piece unit. Also the engine & cab are fitted to the chassis with so few nuts & bolts. Amazing!

[irvsstella]

Proud to drive a Volvo FM9, 2004, 508, 000Miles, still rolling on!

[europetruckerblackdog]

Nice Volvo 500 this is my truck here in europe, powerful engine

[boijorzee]

I have worked in that factory for a few shifts. It is a lot less exciting without the music and narrator!

[staudtj]

Kudos to Volvo for building a quite beautiful truck .... as well as doing it in a carbon neutral environment. Love seeing all the wind and solar energy. Now lets see their best effort at Electric Trucks!

[julianbarbera]

The video production crew really went in on the air compressor...

[listohan]

A huge investment in diesel technology. Presumably the Planning Department is looking towards an electric future.

[qudintruckers]

SCANIA TRUCKS FOREVER!

Regards,
Malaysian Truckers

[Arkan_Fadhila]

the level of customization that we can ask to volvo is just mindblowing 🤯

[nbssms]

All truck industry worldwide is playing catch up to the mighty volvo

[willusa]

As being a former truck driver for over 30 years at 16 minutes when heat when he said the heart and soul of this of this big truck is this transmission that must be one badass transmission go ahead France

[systemofthehounds]

Volvo sexy truck, I have had many over the years with haulage firms that I have worked for, from the F12 Globetrotter up to the FH16 Globetrotter XL