UK company E & JW Glendinning produces more than 500,000 tonnes of limestone a year at its Linhay Quarry in Devon, thanks in part to Volvo construction equipment featuring tyre chains. Devon in the picturesque South of England reaches from the Bristol Channel at the top of the county to …
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Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after its ECR88D short swing radius compact excavator received a prestigious accolade for innovative product design – the coveted iF product design award. The ECR88D short swing radius compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) beat thousands of international products and wowed a panel …
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Volvo Construction Equipment and Kubota have confirmed their attendance at the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) taking place at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam on 24-26 June. The two companies – both of which are major suppliers to the rental sector worldwide – are among a number of companies that …
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Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineracao (CBMM) in Brazil is using 20 Volvo machines in the largest niobium mine in the world. Brazil holds the largest reserves in the world of the rare and precious mineral, niobium. It’s an important element used in specialist steels found in automobiles, aircraft engines, …
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NAH is undertaking two extensive infrastructure projects in Mount Lebanon Province using Volvo construction equipment to improve tourism and middle-eastern investment. Lebanon lies on the eastern Mediterranean coast bordered by Syria to the north and Israel to the south. Even though its northern neighbor is experiencing instabilities, Lebanon remains active …
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Volvo Construction Equipment’s site in Braås, Sweden becomes the company’s first carbon neutral premises – as well as the first construction equipment production facility in the world to be powered entirely by renewable energy. At the end of December 2013, Volvo Construction Equipment’s Braås facility completed its journey towards becoming …
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The latest big names to book their places at the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) are Terex Construction and Volvo Construction Equipment, who join the almost 60 other suppliers who are attending the show in Amsterdam on 7-9 June. Other exhibitors include Atlas Copco, Ditch Witch, Godwin Pumps, Haulotte Group, Hilti, …
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