Our vision is "Best Partner".

This means that we want to become leading in innovative customized partnership solutions, within our fields of specialization.

"Specialized for partnership" is our business mission.

Using and developing Volvo Aero's expertise and technology leadership within our specialization, we provide unique partnership solutions with dedicated presence for the aerospace and gas turbine industries.

The history of the Swedish aircraft engine industry dates back to April 1930, with an official letter written by the Swedish Board of Aviation. Not a decree or political treatise, just six short lines ordering 40 nine-cylinder radial aircraft engines from a locomotive manufacturer, Nydqvist & Holm in Trollhättan, Sweden.

The locomotive makers promptly formed a new company for the job, NOHAB Aeroplane Engine Factories AB. The engines were intended for a Swedish Air Force that existed, as yet, only on the drawing board.

The first Swedish aero-engine had the designation MY VI and was ready for its final tests at the end of 1932. Deliveries were made until 1934 when it was replaced by series production of the MY VII (Pegasus II).


After the Swedish Parliamentary Defence Resolution of 1936 was adopted, efforts to create an Air Force for Sweden were stepped up and new plants were built for the manufacture of aircraft and engines alike. This military enterprise would later prove to be the invaluable foundation from which the Swedish commercial aerospace industry was to grow.

AB Volvo in Gothenburg obtained the majority share in 1941. The same year, the name of the company was changed from Nohab Flygmotorfabriker AB to Svenska Flygmotor AB (The Swedish Aero-Engine Company Ltd).

In the 40’s the piston engine era came to a close and the Swedish aircraft engine industry took the stride into the jet age.

Volvo Aero is a wholly owned subsidiary of AB Volvo. In cooperation with the world’s leading manufacturers, we develop and produce components for aircraft, rocket and gas turbine engines with a high technology content.

Service and maintenance are another important part of our business. We offer an extensive range of productivity-boosting services, including sales of spare parts for aircraft engines and aircraft, maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft engines and gas turbines as well as sales and leasing of aircraft engines and aircraft.
Our business philosophy is based on close cooperation with our aerospace partners. We’ve chosen to specialize in order to be truly competitive in each of our fields of operation. This is mirrored by our business concept "Specialized for Partnership" and our vision "Best Partner".

Our customers know that we're always there to help them - to solve problems, and to create business.