With Santa Cruz emerging as Latin America’s fastest growing powerhouse, Bolivia’s biggest city is struggling to control its exponential spread. Now a brand-new city is being built from scratch to ease the boom town’s accelerated urbanization. Volvo Megaprojects listing In the fifth episode of The Megaproject Listing, Volvo Construction Equipment …
Read More »Five of the Remotest Cities in the World
Growing urbanization in some of the hardest to reach spots on earth can be difficult to manage, but for thousands of years humans have persevered and created incredible cities in the most out-of-the-way locations. Cities have historically been built around natural commodities, production and trade – usually in easy to …
Read More »The Visionaires Shaping our Future Cities
Did you know that cities account for three quarters of all global carbon emissions? Here we highlight the experts who are striving to create a cleaner and more socially responsible urban environment. According to the United Nations, by 2050, more than two thirds of the world’s entire population will be …
Read More »Fuel Use – How Low Can You Go?
The diesel engine has become a highly efficient power source – but how much further can it be developed. In this article Dr. Staffan Lundgren discusses whether the humble engine has a future, and if so what it looks like. Despite being developed constantly over the last century to become …
Read More »Volvo CE Celebrates 20 years of World Class Excavator Development in Korea
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) marked two decades of producing its globally renowned range of excavators in Changwon, Korea. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) marked two decades of producing its globally renowned range of excavators in Changwon, Korea.With the company enjoying the effects of a strong global market – much …
Read More »Volvo Construction Equipment Debuts Strong Product Portfolios and Services Solutions at bauma CHINA 2018
For bauma CHINA 2018, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will be demonstrating its innovative products while also officially launching its Volvo Services in China. President of Volvo Construction Equipment, Melker Jernberg will visit China and jointly host a press conference with President of Volvo Penta, Björn Ingemanson. From November 27 …
Read More »Volvo Provides Extra Energy for Pipeline Project
Equipping construction machines with a digital voice has brought a new level of productivity to an international energy project piping gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe. The project (TAP) is scheduled to cost 4.5 billion euros and covers 878 km both onshore and under the sea, from Greece to …
Read More »Volvo CE’s Stephen Lanahan Named SAE/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer
Stephen Lanahan, Design Engineer II with Volvo Construction Equipment in Shippensburg, Pa., has been awarded the SAE International/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer Award. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and SAE International established the award in 1996 to recognize an outstanding young engineer in the off-highway or power plant industry. “We …
Read More »Five Life-Changing Benefits of Connectivity
The internet has been connecting the globe for only a quarter of a century, but already it is influencing so many aspects of our daily lives – from the way we shop to the way we keep ourselves entertained. More than two thirds of the global population – that’s almost …
Read More »Volvo CE Inaugurates New Headquarters
Volvo Construction Equipment has moved into its new headquarters on the same site as other Volvo business areas at Campus Lundby in Gothenburg. To mark the move, an inauguration ceremony was held on September 3rd, which was attended by senior company leaders and around 500 employees. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo …
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