Volvo to lay off 250-350 workers in Pulaski

Volvo plans to lay off 250 to 350 workers at its Pulaski County facility in June, according to John Mies, a spokesperson for Volvo Group North America.

Between 300 and 450 employees will also be laid off at the company’s Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations in Pennsylvania and at its Volvo Group Powertrain Operations in Maryland.

“Heavy-duty truck orders continue to be negatively affected by market uncertainty about freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes, and the impact of tariffs,” Mies said in a statement.

This is a second wave of layoffs for the facility, which is located in Dublin. In February, Volvo announced layoffs of between 250 and 350 employees, which, due to attrition, ended up impacting about 180 workers.

“We currently expect that the total impact at … [the Pulaski factory] will unfortunately be about 430 to 530 people,” Mies said.

The 2.3-million-square-foot assembly plant in Pulaski County is the largest Volvo truck manufacturing facility in the world. It produces all Volvo trucks sold in North America and currently employs about 3,400 workers, making it one of the top employers in the New River Valley.

In 2019, Volvo announced plans for a six-year, $400 million expansion and upgrade of the Dublin plant.

Deliveries of Volvo’s trucks declined by 11% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Volvo announced in 2024 that it would invest $700 million to build a heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant in Mexico “to support the growth plans of both Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks in the U.S. and Canadian markets, and Mack truck sales in Mexico and Latin America.”