With a powerful Volvo D13H engine, unrivaled lifting capacity and an extra wide undercarriage for greater stability, the heavy-duty Volvo PL4808D is one of the top performing pipelayers in the industry. The latest addition to Volvo Construction Equipment’s revolutionary family of pipelayers is the excavator-based PL4808D. Offering excellent stability with …
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Volvo CE voted best place to work in Chinese construction industry
Volvo Construction Equipment has been named China’s leading place to work, winning ‘Best Employer 2012 in the Construction Equipment Industry’. The progressive company is rolling out new initiatives to stay at the top of the table – such as partnering with colleges nationwide to offer young people training and job …
Read More »Volvo CE wins Gold for construction industry
Olympians aren’t the only ones winning gold this month. Volvo Construction Equipment is awarded gold status in the I Make America campaign – a grassroots effort that supports the creation of jobs in America’s manufacturing industry. Volvo CE is investing USD 100million to grow its manufacturing facilities in North …
Read More »Volvo CE celebrates design excellence success
Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after collecting its prestigious ‘red dot: best of the best’ product design award, won for its innovative A40F articulated hauler. Designers and engineers from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) walked the red carpet this week to collect the coveted ‘red dot: best of the best’ …
Read More »Volvo promotes technician training in Africa
With an education aid project two years in the making, Volvo Construction Equipment is poised to play a key role in remedying the shortage of skilled technicians in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is confronting a shortage of technicians in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Sida (Swedish …
Read More »Lifting productivity, safety and flexibility with Volvo’s PL3005D pipelayer
An advanced load management system, combined with best-in-class stability and lifting capacity, make the Volvo PL3005D one of the industry’s safest and most productive pipelayers yet. The revolutionary excavator-based PL3005D pipelayer from Volvo offers an unbeatable combination of superior stability with a 50 ton lifting capacity, producing not only one …
Read More »Volvo CE talks fuel efficiency at the Volvo Ocean Race
During the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday 8th of June, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) held a fuel efficiency seminar to help its customers reduce fuel consumption as well as cut costs. Well-known for promoting fuel efficiency within the construction industry, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) …
Read More »A record breaking performance from Volvo CE
Swecon, Volvo Construction Equipment’s dealer in Sweden, has released the world’s first unique high-speed performance concept wheel loader – the Volvo L60G PCP – which set a new world record on May 3. The new Volvo L60G PCP wheel loader concept, launched by Swecon, is turning heads. Supported by Volvo …
Read More »Volvo CE breaks ground on $100 million North American investment
On May 4, Volvo Construction Equipment broke ground on the first phase of the 100 MUSD expansion of its site in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The first phase includes construction of a new America’s headquarters office. Incorporating the latest environmental building practices, the expansion is a visible sign of the company’s commitment …
Read More »Volvo CE president highlights production and distribution expansion program, as well as record product launches at Intermat 2012
President and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment, Pat Olney, used his Intermat 2012 press conference speech to highlight not only an ambitious investment and expansion program for Europe, but also the introduction of a record 62 products during 2012. Volvo Construction Equipment used its international press conference at the Intermat …
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