Day Five - Autoadapt, Volvo Truck, and public transportation

Another early morning: at the lobby to catch the bus that Autoadapt chartered for us at 8:15 sharp.

Autoadapt is the sister company to Bruno Inc. which we toured in the US before we left, located in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. Autoadapt designs, manufactures, and installs car adaptations for handicapped people so they don't lose mobility. The company tour was awesome. We toured the facilities and got a lecture on how to grow a company from the CEO, Häkan Sandberg. Autoadapt had a truly unique way of doing business in which the company administration rotates every two years so each person will always have a fresh perspective on their task. The manufacturing workers rotated even more frequently. The CEO and Vice President, Peter Wahlsten, gave us strong perspective about how to make and keep goals and advice on how to create a great business plan. It all finished off with a great, free lunch. The facility was immaculate and gave a new perspective of business.

Doesn't look like your standard office building

Our next stop was Volvo Truck's world headquarters. This is not to be confused with the Volvo cars that we are familiar with. That portion of the company was sold to Ford and later to Geely, a Chinese group. The company focused on Buses, Trucks, and Construction Equipment. The perspective that Volvo trucks had on the global economy was tremendous.

The nice ride of a Volvo

After the presentation, the only question was, "How do we get back?" A small group of us took off down a remarkably grassy path to the bottom of the hill that Volvo was located on. We had no idea where the bus had dropped us when we got there and were shocked to find ourself miles from Gothenburg, without any idea where we were and any idea how to get back.

We boarded the first bus to come and I somehow hand-gestured an Arab, non-English speaking bus driver to get to the next stop and got some help from an English Swede at the next stop.

We just finished a dinner at Rumpanbar of an interesting pizza and look forward to a day at ABB in the morning and the University in the afternoon for a conference on international maritime shipping.
Sweden is the best.