Production has started in Brazil of excavators from Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd (Lingong). The SDLG-branded machines will be built in a $10 million purpose-built assembly hall within the Volvo Group facility in Pederneiras, in the state São Paulo.  To begin there will be four SDLG crawler excavator models …

As part of the Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas (PNG LNG) project located in the southern highlands region, the Komo airfield is now complete — and has welcomed the first landing of an Antonov AH-124-100 aircraft. Komo is an extremely remote and resource-rich area in the highlands of Papua …

In the Canadian city of Coquitlam, 4,000 tons of glacial clay is being excavated every day across a 90-hectare aggregate open-pit mine. LaFarge in North America is the largest diversified supplier of construction materials in the United States and Canada. For the last decade the company has used Greater Vancouver-based …

The very first PLANTWORX construction equipment exhibition, which was held at Stoneleigh Park, from May 14 – 16, had a total visitor attendance of 11,696 people. The number of unique visitors was 9,445 people – quite an impressive turn out for the inaugural event! The PLANTWORX team was delighted with …

In Shirpur, western India, four Volvo EC240 B Prime Series LC excavators are working through the night to provide essential water supplies for local communities in Maharashtra’s dry summer season. Maharashtra, the third biggest state by area in India, covers 307,731 km2, and its western region contributes the highest amount …

Volvo Penta attracted scores of customers to its bauma 2013 stand — the lure of seeing its complete range of new Stage IV/Tier 4 Final industrial engines proving irresistible. But the company also made a strong showing in all four corners of the exhibition, with a variety of OEMs proudly …

A team of Volvo pipelayers are getting in the groove, helping to deliver Greece’s most ambitious high pressured natural gas pipeline. DESFA, the gas transmission system operator in Greece has ordered state owned public gas corporation, DEPA SA, to supply the country’s largest and most expensive high-pressured natural gas pipeline …

Visitors to this year’s Bauma 2013 exhibition in Munich are in for a treat, as Volvo Construction Equipment looks at the bigger picture, showcasing a total ‘rock to road’ package of new machine and customer solutions that together help build our societies. Whatever you do, don’t call Volvo Construction Equipment’s …

The CEA (Construction Equipment Association) in conjuction with UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) has once again succesfully organised a ‘high impact’ UK Pavilion (Hall H2 Stand F22) at the forthcoming bCIndia exhibition which takes place in Mumbai India from 5th – 8th February this year. The dedicated Pavilion will feature …

This week’s Volvo Golf Champions at Durban Country Club in South Africa offers its golfers, for the first time ever at a professional event, the opportunity to win not one, but three different Volvo vehicles, including a construction machine, a truck and a car. Volvo has a reputation for its …