Effective June 1st Tomas Kuta is appointed Senior Vice President, Sales at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE). Tomas has worked for the company since 1997 and has held a variety of senior management roles within Volvo CE and outside the company. In his new role Tomas will be responsible for …
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First Volvo A60H haulers sold at Bauma
Burgh Plant Hire from South Africa has become the first customer to place an order for not just one but three of the hotly-anticipated Volvo A60H articulated haulers at Bauma 2016. Following months of discussion and speculation in the press, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) finally launched the industry’s largest …
Read More »Volvo converts hauler into giant service vehicle for Moroccan mine
Phosphate mining is done on a huge scale in Morocco, with some of the biggest machines made by man, in harsh, hot and often remote locations. Servicing the equipment that extracts this precious material is no easy task – but Volvo Construction Equipment is right at the heart of the …
Read More »Volvo takes direct route on Stockholm Bypass
Volvo CE, VFS and Volvo Trucks are all helping to deliver a much needed 21km – mostly tunneled – E4 highway extension outside the Swedish capital. Volvo CE, Volvo Trucks and Volvo Financial Services collaborate with Volvo Truck Center and Swecon to ensure the project’s success. Road congestion is not …
Read More »Volvo wakes up quarrying at Indonesian volcano
A Volvo EC220DL excavator is not only increasing productivity by 30% at the Alam Jaya volcanic rock quarry – it is also reducing fuel consumption by two liters per hour. At the foot of Tangkuban Perahu – a dormant volcano that last erupted in 1983 – is West Java’s capital …
Read More »Volvo CE teams up with Swedish institutions to launch SEK 203 million project
Volvo Construction Equipment has been awarded a SEK 59 million grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop new technology connected to electromobility which could transform the construction equipment industry. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has teamed up with its customer Skanska Sweden, the Swedish Energy Agency and two Swedish …
Read More »Volvo assists in Portugal’s largest road tunnel project
Volvo construction equipment is working at the Túnel do Marão project – one of the largest road tunnels in the Iberian Penninsula. Towering at a height of 1,415 meters above sea level, Portugal’s sixth largest mountain, the Serra do Marão, presents a considerable natural obstacle between the country’s second city …
Read More »Volvo CE to host the Operators Club annual competition at Plantworx 2015
Volvo Construction Equipment is using the three days at Plantworx 2015 to find an overall winner and runner up to represent GB in the European Operators Club finals to take place in Italy later this year. Now in its second year of existence, the GB Operators Club has swelled to …
Read More »Volvo Penta flexes its muscles at Intermat 2015
The new Volvo Penta D8 off-road diesel engine is on display at Intermat 2015. Intermat is one of the most important construction shows on the European exhibition calendar for Volvo Penta, and the company is poised to make an impression with the latest additions to its engine lineup: new five- …
Read More »Full speed ahead for Volvo
Volvo ABG pavers are working on one of Europe’s most significant high-speed rail construction projects in northwest France. Le Mans is well known as the home of motorsport’s toughest test of speed, endurance and efficiency – the 24 Heures du Mans race. Now, just like the cars at the Circuit …
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