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 »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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 »21st Century paving
Nothing stands in the way of US contractor, Century Companies and its Volvo pavers, including runways, highways, athletic tracksand parking lots. The Volvo 7110 paver creates a smooth mat finish Tucked on the edge of the Rockies in picturesque Lewistown, Montana, Jack Morgenstern founded Century Companies Inc. in 1975. Over …
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 »Precision in the field
The first EC480D HR High Reach demolition excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment to be deployed in the Benelux countries is doing battle with an old NATO military base in the port of Zeebrugge. Located on the North Sea coast in the northern Flanders region of Belgium, the village of Zeebrugge …
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