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It was not only a desire for adventure that led
to the founding of Volvo. All the essential requirements for a profitable Swedish automobile manufacturing industry existed to a reasonable extent: Sweden was a well-developed industrial country. Swedish rates of pay were low. Swedish steel had a world-wide reputation. There was a demand for automobiles built for Swedish roads.

At that time, Swedish industry had advanced pretty far in many fields. Names such as SKF, ASEA, Bofors, Husqvarna and many others were wellknown both in Sweden and abroad. A compli- cated thing like an automobile requires many different manufacturing processes which, in their turn, must have a complete series of machines es - pecially built for the purpose. These machines were available in Sweden to a large extent. Swedish engineering skill was of a highly developed char- acter. The Swedish worker had centuries of tradi- tion behind him. Sweden had earned the reputation for manufacturing high-quality products.

In 1901, C. E. Johansson in Eskilstuna had invented combination gauge blocks and thus laid the foundation for the Swedish engineering industry which was essential for the series production of automobiles with fully deplaceable component parts. Ford, who realized the value of Johansson, persuaded him to come to the United States in 1923 but the quarter-century spent by Johansson in Eskilstuna had a permanent significance. He had taught Swedes the art of precision measuring and had given them the tools with with to carry out the job.

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