Volvo Plans 650 Layoffs at Va. Truck Plant

Volvo Trucks North America plans to lay off 650 workers from its manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., the Roanoke (Va.) Times reported.

A VTNA spokesman said 650 employees, or 40% of the plant’s remaining work force, would be laid off in March and April.

Volvo is cutting its production capacity due to lower demand, and said the “layoffs are considered permanent,” the spokesman told the Times.

Union officials said Volvo plans to cut production from to 50 from 77 trucks per weekday, the paper said.

Volvo and sister company Mack Trucks said in August they would combine manufacturing operations for on-highway trucks into the Dublin plant.