Volvo Penta

AB Volvo Penta
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)
HeadquartersGöteborg, Sweden
Areas served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Anna Müller (President) [1]
ProductsMarine and industrial engines
RevenueIncrease 18.102 billion kr (2022)
Number of employees
2,022 (2022)
ParentVolvo
Websitevolvopenta.com
A Volvo Penta TAMD120 diesel engine, built 1970-1983
Volvo Penta 6-cylinder diesel engine sound.

Volvo Penta is a Swedish marine and industrial engine manufacturer, a joint stock company within the Volvo Group. Volvo Penta evolved from a foundry in Skövde 1907, when the first marine engine, the B1, was manufactured. The name Penta was created about 1916.[2] The Penta company soon became an established internal combustion engine manufacturer, which in 1927 delivered the engine for Volvo's first passenger car.

Volvo acquired Penta in 1935 and Volvo Penta has been part of the Volvo Group since then. It now provides internal combustion engines (ICEs) and complete power systems to the marine industry, power-generating equipment, and similar industrial applications. The business also manufacturers sterndrive and inboard drive systems such as the Volvo Penta IPS.[3] The engine program comprises petroleum fuel (diesel and gasoline) engines with power outputs of between 7.5 and 1,500 kilowatts (10 and 2,039 PS; 10 and 2,012 bhp).

  1. ^ "Anna Müller ny vd för Volvo Penta och medlem av Volvos ledning".
  2. ^ https://everythingaboutboats.org/volvo-penta, retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ Volvo Penta. "The Volvo Penta IPS engine range (Volvo Penta North America, 2011)". Retrieved 2011-12-30.