Yearly Archives: 2013

Watering India with Volvo Penta power

The Godavari Tubewell Drilling Company borewell unit, with Ingersoll Rand air compressor powered by a Volvo Penta D16 engine, is shown in action in Western India.   With the need for private water wells making air compressor-powered borewell operations more and more vital in western India, Volvo Penta has begun …

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Facades Design & Delivery West – San Francisco, CA

Facades Design & Delivery West – San Francisco, CA January 27-28, 2014 San Francisco, CA Website:   http://bit.ly/GGv1Ds   IQPC’s 6th Façades Design & Delivery Summit is a global event that unites architects, engineers, curtain wall designers, real estate owners, property developers and facility managers in their quest to ensure …

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The Tower Light appoint a Danish Distributor

Tower Light, the Italy based manufacturer of commercial lighting sets and environmentally biased construction machinery have appointed the Jutland based tool suppler, Ep tools a/s, as their distributor for Denmark. Ep tools will market the complete range of Tower Light lighting sets and provide a complete after-sale back up service …

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Best port of coal

More than a million tonnes of coal is cleared in just 24 hours at India’s largest port facility – Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL) in Muthukur. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) machines are working furiously at the Krishnapatnam port, moving more than a million tonnes of coal in 24 hours. …

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Exhibitors praise first bauma Africa

The positive response to the first bauma Africa show – which took place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg from September 18 to 21 – highlighted the craving for such an opportunity in Africa’s burgeoning construction industry, according to a leading industry voice. Lawrence Peters, Chairman of CONMESA (Construction and …

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SDLG helps Morocco get on the fast track

The first SDLG excavators in North Africa are already at work, helping to make history in Morocco by playing an important role in the construction of the first high-speed rail line in the country. The Moroccan government says the high-speed rail link under construction in the country will help boost …

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Volvo CE divests its dealership in Central Europe to Ascendum

In a further example of divesting, where appropriate, company-owned dealers to well-financed independent distribution partners, Volvo Construction Equipment has sold its dealership interests in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to the Ascendum Group. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that it has …

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