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South Africa plays host to the inaugural Volvo Golf Champions tournament this weekend. And the fun isn’t reserved just for the professionals; spectators can try their hand at chipping out of a bunker using the world’s largest sand wedge – an EC55 excavator. The Volvo Golf Champions event tees off …

Volvo Construction Equipment’s On Board Weighing system has been recognised in the Intermat 2012 Innovation Awards. From over 100 entries from leading manufacturers, a high level jury of industry experts has judged Volvo Construction Equipment’s (Volvo CE) On Board Weighing System for its F-Series haulers a winner in this year’s …

The enormous underground mine in Copiapo, within the Atacama region of Chile, is rich in silver and copper, which is why the northern city possesses a bronze statue of Juan Godoy – discoverer of the Copiapo mines in the 19th century to represent the town’s rich copper status. Another landmark …

CEO of the Volvo Group, Olof Persson, was invited to speak as an industry expert to debate the importance of a Single European Transport Area alongside MEPs and senior officials from the European Commission At the European Transport Forum 2011, President and Olof Persson, President and CEO of the Volvo …

This summer, nearly 40,000 visitors attended Steinexpo 2011, Europe’s largest demonstration show for the extraction and construction materials industries – and Volvo Construction Equipment’s exhibition and live product demonstrations proved to be highlights of the show. During the four-day expo in Europe’s largest basalt quarry in Homberg, Germany, Volvo Construction …

Effective 1st December, Clare Gittins has been appointed Director of External Communications at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE). Based at the company’s Global headquarters in Brussels, the role encompasses print and online media relations for the business, as well as establishing communication standards and practices for Volvo CE. Clare joins …

Volvo Construction Equipment has been awarded the ‘Presidential Prize’ in the 2011 National Productivity Awards, run by the Korean Government.   The National Productivity Awards are one of the most prestigious award ceremonies in Korea. Run by the Korean Government and executed by the Korean Productivity Center, the awards recognize …

Volvo Construction Equipment has won a prestigious award for its new history film The Master Builder. Volvo Construction Equipment’s new history film has been awarded a ‘Dolphin’ trophy in the 2011 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards – an international festival exclusively for corporate films and TV documentaries, based in …

Volvo Construction Equipment demonstrates its commitment to investing in young people through a long-running apprenticeship program at its factory in Hameln, Germany. When you walk through Volvo Construction Equipment’s factory in Hameln, Germany, it’s not unusual to see large groups of teenagers. That might be a strange sight at some …

When tornadoes caused devastation to the lives of Volvo Trucks employees and their families, Volvo Construction Equipment came to the rescue armed with a Volvo EC210C excavator. In times of trouble, communities and families pull together. And that’s exactly what happened in the Volvo Group family when tornadoes ripped through …