Tag Archives: Volvo Construction Equipment

This week’s Volvo Golf Champions at Durban Country Club in South Africa offers its golfers, for the first time ever at a professional event, the opportunity to win not one, but three different Volvo vehicles, including a construction machine, a truck and a car. Volvo has a reputation for its …

With a powerful Volvo D13H engine, unrivaled lifting capacity and an extra wide undercarriage for greater stability, the heavy-duty Volvo PL4808D is one of the top performing pipelayers in the industry. The latest addition to Volvo Construction Equipment’s revolutionary family of pipelayers is the excavator-based PL4808D. Offering excellent stability with …

Volvo Construction Equipment has been named China’s leading place to work, winning ‘Best Employer 2012 in the Construction Equipment Industry’. The progressive company is rolling out new initiatives to stay at the top of the table – such as partnering with colleges nationwide to offer young people training and job …

Olympians aren’t the only ones winning gold this month. Volvo Construction Equipment is awarded gold status in the I Make America campaign – a grassroots effort that supports the creation of jobs in America’s manufacturing industry.   Volvo CE is investing USD 100million to grow its manufacturing facilities in North …

Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after collecting its prestigious ‘red dot: best of the best’ product design award, won for its innovative A40F articulated hauler. Designers and engineers from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) walked the red carpet this week to collect the coveted ‘red dot: best of the best’ …

With an education aid project two years in the making, Volvo Construction Equipment is poised to play a key role in remedying the shortage of skilled technicians in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is confronting a shortage of technicians in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Sida (Swedish …

Volvo Construction Equipment is taking machine simulators to the next level. The company’s Technology function is busy developing a real-time, human in the loop system to simulate future technology and understand operator behavior. As technology gets ever more complex, it’s becoming more expensive to build prototype machines. Not only that; …

Swecon, Volvo Construction Equipment’s dealer in Sweden, has released the world’s first unique high-speed performance concept wheel loader – the Volvo L60G PCP – which set a new world record on May 3. The new Volvo L60G PCP wheel loader concept, launched by Swecon, is turning heads. Supported by Volvo …

Engineers at Volvo Construction Equipment made a pioneering breakthrough when they developed OptiShift technology – a technical advancement that delivers up to 15% improved fuel efficiency and increased performance in wheel loaders. Fuel efficiency often tops the list of demands that customers place on their machines. That’s why Volvo Construction …

On May 4, Volvo Construction Equipment broke ground on the first phase of the 100 MUSD expansion of its site in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The first phase includes construction of a new America’s headquarters office. Incorporating the latest environmental building practices, the expansion is a visible sign of the company’s commitment …