Car maker Volvo was founded in 1935 in the city of
Gothenburg in
Sweden, as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF
?. In the late 1990s, the
automobile business of Volvo was acquired by
Ford Motors, but continues to use the Volvo trademark. The truck
? business of Volvo is still Swedish.
See the company's own website, http://www.volvo.com/