VOLVO'S ERA

from 1995 to today

Volvo, a Swedish company, and Henlys, from Great Britain, want to set up shop in North America. They make an offer to purchase Prévost in 1995. Although Prévost Car goes very well and nothing suggests this decision, la Société de Développement Industriel, involved in the company since 1977, divested its shares. Since he became a minority, André Normand also chose to divest himself of his shares. This announcement is a shock for all employees. We are moving from more family-run to multi-national management. Then, in 2004, Volvo became the sole owner of Prévost.

Prévost remains essentially the same for many years, but sees its essence change from around the 2000's. Indeed, Volvo wants a greater synergy between its various subsidiaries and in a context of globalization, Prévost is gradually conforming to the requirements of the group. One of his philosophies is to delegate to his subcontractors tasks that are not specific to vehicle assembly in Prévost. One of Prévost's core values ​​is personalized customer service. In order to maintain this way of doing things while remaining profitable, the company offers options on its vehicles on the condition that they can be put into operation on the production line in a more standardized way.

The arrival of Gaétan Bolduc marks a return to the more traditional values ​​advocated since the beginning of the company. The Sainte-Claire company demonstrates standards of excellence that are the envy of other Volvo Group subsidiaries and set the example to follow.