With more than five million people infected, HIV/AIDS continues to destroy lives and communities across South Africa, and it affects everyone including employees at companies like Volvo Southern Africa. However through education and the Star for Life programme, Volvo is contributing to the fight against this deadly disease.

Volvo Trucks’ December deliveries increased 27% year-on-year to 11,882 trucks. For the full year 2011, deliveries rose 53% to 115,346 trucks.

The Volvo Group's new truck organisation will sharpen the focus of its truck business by breaking down the marketing and sales responsibility for the Group's truck brands into three geographic areas. However, brands and product strategies will still be managed at a global level. At the beginning of 2012, Claes Nilsson, formerly President Europe Division, took over responsibility for the Group's largest truck brand, Volvo Trucks.