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Volvo/Geely has no effect on parts quality. Volvo is a car designer and assembler, they do not make hoses or nuts and bolts. Just like Ford never made parts for Volvo. All parts are contracted to a 'supplier' and this is where it gets interesting.
OE parts that are stamped Volvo are made expressly for Volvo, where they are made may or may not be indicated. My last OE rear brake rotors were made in China and probably outsourced to Bangladesh where the labor is cheaper!
The Mann oil filters are made in Brazil, not Europe. I doubt any OE parts are made in Sweden, they just don't have the raw materials or 'cheap' labor.
What Volvo did with parts is demand high quality. The same OE supplier probably makes the same looking parts with a slightly lowered quality to maximize their profits. Eg., Volvo OE control arms for the 850 last 150K+ miles, while Lemforder who also made the Volvo branded control arms last for 75K+ miles. The problem is that Lemforder cannot afford to make 100,000 control arms per year and have them on the 'shelf', like when FWD first started.
It is up to us to find 'good' quality parts suppliers and tell others what we found and where we found them. Word of mouth is better than 'if it is made in China, it sucks' - not true for I phones.
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Keeping it running is better than buying new
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