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International Pipeline Helps Heat Homes

In northern France, just south of the port of Dunkirk, a Volvo PL4809D rotating pipelayer is helping to bring another section of pipeline towards the Belgian border. The French gas operator, GRTgaz, is investing around €56 million in a joint venture with Belgian operator, Fluxys, to build a 100 km, …

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Pipelayers go with the flow at German water works

Rohrbau Gmünd is relying on the precision performance of Volvo Construction Equipment’s PL4809D pipelayer for laying 2.6 tonne water pipes along 3.4km in Germany. There is no margin for error in the business of water pipeline laying. The 2.6 tonne water pipes are being laid with ease and precision by …

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Stability is key in Indonesia’s paddy fields

Volvo Construction Equipment’s EC140BLCM is an effective solution for working the paddy fields of Southeast Asia – offering power, fuel efficiency and stability on the boggy terrain. Ample rainfall and high temperatures make the Indonesian climate ideal for cultivating Asia’s food staple – rice. The country is the world’s third …

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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 …

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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 …

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Construction industry to unite at CCC summit

Volvo Construction Equipment is hosting a Construction Climate Challenge summit in Sweden next week, where leading industry representatives, academics and interested stakeholders will gather to discuss the challenges of achieving sustainable construction. The Construction Climate Challenge (CCC) initiative promotes sustainability throughout the entire construction industry value chain and provides much-needed …

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Turning waste into a ‘growth’ business

New Zealand organic compost experts, Living Earth, turn garden and food waste into a range or replenishing soils, mixes and mulches using a fleet of efficient Volvo machines. . Recycling organic waste and producing compost has two environmental benefits. Firstly, it reduces the amount of food and garden waste that …

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Peak performance

Volvo excavators have undertaken some high-level work in the Italian Alps for Misconel Srl. Part of the northern Italian Alps, the 18 peaks of the Dolomites – rising to more than 3,000 meters and covering 142,000 hectares – are one of Europe’s most beautiful mountain landscapes, stretching as they do …

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