applications, and aircraft engine components. The Volvo Group also offers its customers financial services. Today the Group has customers in more than 180 countries worldwide, mainly in Europe, Asia and North America. The Group has about 100,000 employees and production facilities in 19 countries. Decisions adopted under Johansson's leadership: 1998 Acquisition of Samsung's excavator operation, South Korea 1999 Sale of Volvo Cars to Ford Motor Company 2001 Acquisition of Renault Trucks, France, and Mack Trucks, USA 2006 Acquisition of Nissan Diesel, Japan 2007 Acquisition of Ingersoll Rand's road construction machinery division, USA 2008 Agreement on joint venture company with Eicher Motors, India References 1951 births Living people Swedish chief executives in the automobile industry 20th-century Swedish engineers Volvo people Chalmers University of Technology alumni Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century Swedish businesspeople Swedish Air Force personnel AstraZeneca people