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Commit to Ongoing Training, Take Advantage of Technology Safety is improving in the construction industry, according to the National Safety Council, but serious injuries and fatalities still occur. “I think it’s fair to say that while we have been getting better at preventing most incidents and improving safety, in general, …

Increasing urbanization and rising construction investment are key drivers for the market but there is no one size fits all. From BIG to small we go on a global hunt to find the world’s most popular excavators. Source: Volvo CE Press

Excavators are great. They are the superheroes of modern construction, but even the most super excavators can run into trouble in the wrong hands… Source: Volvo Press

Industry veteran Volvo Construction Equipment first held live demonstrations for customers in 1958. Today the company takes great pride in its ability to showcase practically the entire range of Volvo machines at the state-of-the-art Customer Center in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Located in the town where Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) began …

The Hatz GB sales and engineering teams have returned back to their Hinckley headquarters from a sunny and very busy Hillhead 2018. They displayed a variety of their advanced diesel engines including their new 3-cylinder 3H50TIC and 4-cylinder 4H50TIC engines. The 3H50TIC is a new liquid-cooled three-cylinder diesel engine available …

Operations at a sand and aggregate plant in Oman have been boosted by the arrival of a new SDLG L958F wheel loader, part of the reliable Chinese brand’s latest F-series machines. The Naeem Dhofar Trading Company is a specialist in sand and aggregate production. Since spring 2015, it has been …

Was there ever a machine more adaptable, scalable, or shape-shifting than the excavator? Here we look at the versatility behind a selection of Volvo Construction Equipment’s mighty machines. 1. THE ONE WITH A SMALL BUM The ECR18E is a 1.8 tonne class machine that can squeeze into the tightest of …

Five SDLG wheel loaders are helping to load mud and petroleum-contaminated soil onto trucks every day at an oil field in Riau, Sumatra. The material is then taken away and recycled into cement so that nothing is wasted. An oil field in Riau, Sumatra, in Indonesia produces nearly 200,000 barrels …

Hyundai Construction Equipment launches the two-piece boom version of the new HX130 LCR, the third compact-radius excavator model in the company’s HX series product line. The 13-ton machine is also available in a second standard configuration, the HX130 LCRD, which includes a dozer blade. Two-piece boom version for working in …

Volvo Construction Equipment is working on a research project to improve work site safety in collaboration with its customer Colas – a world leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is collaborating with its customer Colas on a research project that has seen …