Volvo Trucks (truck assembly line)
Time: 9.00-13-00
Cost: 40 Euro
ICEM 2020 Technical Visits (on the 26th August 2020)
Companies to visit | Place and distance from conference site | Short descriptions | Departure
From conference site |
Return
to conference site |
Cost covering bus and lunch bag | Max/min numbers of participants | For more details | |
1 | Volvo Trucks
(truck assembly line) |
Gothenburg
(14 km) |
A visit in the Tuve factory brings you into a modern truck factory. The tour will give you as visitor a good overview of how everything comes together from the driver hut to the engine mounting. You will hear about the work on the ergonomics in the factory, and details about how many cable ties that are consumed annually. | 9:00 | 13:00 | 430 SEK | 45/15 | |
2 | Volvo Cars + Volvo Museum | Gothenburg
(15 km) |
The Torslanda plant was inaugurated in 1964. Originally employing about 2500 people the plant became Sweden’s largest workplace. Currently, the Torslanda plant can produce 170,000 cars per year. The visit will start with a tour in the Torslanda production plant, and end in the Volvo Museum. | 9:00 | 14:00 | 430 SEK | 30/15 | |
3 | Volvo Buses
(Hybrid bus assembly line) |
Borås
(56 km) |
Hybrid-electric and electric buses are today becoming more and more common. This visit will take you to the Borås assembly factory for Hybrid electrical buses. | 9:00 | 15:00 | 530 SEK | 20/15 | |
4 | Ringhals Nuclear Power Station | Väröbacka
(64 km) |
The visit starts with a presentation in the information centre, and then there will be a tour in the turbine hall, most likely it is R3 that will be visited. The tour ends at the exhibition hall where there will be time for Q & A. | 9:00 | 14:00 | 530 SEK | 20/15 | |
5 | Olidan Hydro Power Station | Trollhättan
(78 km) |
This is a unique possibility to take part of a historical building and come really close to the generators in the machine hall. Here you can be very close to the hydro power production, in a beautiful and impressive environment. | 9:00 | 15:00 | 530 SEK | 50/15 | |
6 | ABB Traction Motors and Large Machine Factory | Västerås (380 km from Gothenburg, 100 km from Stockholm) | Visitors will firstly see the presentation about ABB Motors and Generators and then factory tour in production factory of traction motors, large synchronous and induction machines. Travel to Västerås in the evening of 26th March by train and accommodation in Västerås city is recommended. Alternative is to take flight via Stockholm/Arlanda. The travel and hotel room should be booked by visitors themselves. | 20/10 |
Time: 9.00-13-00
Cost: 40 Euro
Time: 9.00-14-00
Cost: 40 Euro
Time: 9.00-15-00
Cost: 50 Euro
Time: 9.00-14-00
Cost: 50 Euro
Time: 9.00-15-00
Cost: 50 Euro