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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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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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Pushed to the limit

Anders Hedlund, who works in technical engineering at Älvsborg Roro, and Björn Nilsson, a Volvo Penta test engineer, stand beside the MAFI terminal tractor that is running a Volvo Penta Tier 4 Final D8 test engine at Älvsborg Roro’s Port of Gothenburg operation. It’s all well and good to put …

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Within Geneva’s reach

In a spot overlooking the Rhone River in the heart of Geneva, construction and demolition specialist HTP is demolishing a block of former offices on the busy Rue du Stand, using the first-ever full factory specification Volvo EC480D-Series high reach excavator.  A Volvo EC480D HR high-reach excavator owned by demolition …

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Baltic Operators Tackle Case Rodeo Challenge

Case Construction Equipment’s famous Rodeo operator challenge has attracted the finest machine operators in competitions across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia throughout August. More than 100 competitors took part in the challenge and tried their hand at the three competitions, with over 300 visitors attending the Case Rodeo events in the …

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SDLG makes an impact at Mining Indonesia 2013

September 2013 — South East Asia's biggest mining industry trade show – Mining Indonesia 2013 held in Jakarta from the 4–7 September 2013 – saw more than 12,000 visitors from all over the world attend the prestigious event including Shandong Lingong Machinery Co., Ltd., China's leading wheel loader manufacturer.  In …

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