Wed March 23, 2016
Volvo Trucks Unveils New Powertrain Featuring Increased Power and Fuel Efficiency
Integral to the new powertrain are enhanced design features that were engineered to provide Volvo customers best-in-class performance, productivity, fuel efficiency and an improved total cost of ownership....
Fri March 25, 2016
Going for Gold, Volvo CE North America Celebrates Articulated Hauler's 50th Anniversary
In 1966, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) launched the world's first articulated hauler, the Volvo DR 631, in Braås, Sweden. This year, Volvo CE will be celebrating the articulated hauler's 50th anniversary with a custom-painted gold hauler, dubbed the “Golden Hauler,” which will travel around the United States and Canada to make special appearances at dealer-sponsored events starting in February....
Fri March 25, 2016
Volvo Intelligent Compaction (IC) with Density Direct
The announcement of the industry's first-ever real-time density mapping technology at World of Asphalt 2015 generated a lot of industry buzz. One year later, many are curious to see how the technology's acceptance is progressing....
Fri March 25, 2016
Back to School
Training isn't just for the inexperienced. With a number of technology advancements in the past decade — as well as increasingly stringent DOT specifications for smoothness and density — ongoing training for industry veterans has never been more important....
Wed March 23, 2016
New Volvo P7110B and P7170B Tier 4 Final pavers debut at World of Asphalt 2016
The P7110B tracked paver and P7170B wheeled paver from Volvo Construction Equipment offer 360-degree visibility, improved fuel efficiency with more than 12 hours of continuous run time without refueling, and new options to enhance productivity and mat quality....
Thu March 17, 2016
PacWest: New President, New Acquisition, New Volvo Dealer
PacWest Machinery of Seattle, Wash., announced that Jolene Logue joined the company as president beginning on Jan. 18, 2016. “We are very pleased that Jolene will become an integral part of the PacWest leadership team,” said Andrew Wold, CEO of PacWest Machinery....
Wed March 02, 2016
Volvo L45H, L50H Compact Wheel Loaders Are Fully Loaded for All-Around Performance
The H-series wheel loaders from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) are powerful assets on every job site and in every application. Equipped with Volvo's torque parallel (TP) linkage, these machines are built to deliver high breakout torque and excellent parallel movement throughout the entire lifting range....
Tue March 01, 2016
Volvo's Gold Hauler Marks Anniversary of 'Gravel Charlie'
Fifty years ago the world's first articulated hauler was completed by Volvo engineers in Sweden. “Gravel Charlie” quickly became a construction industry icon and operators' favorite, with more than 70,000 articulated haulers produced to date....
Tue February 24, 2015
Volvo CE Sees Market Share, Underlying Earnings Improve
In the fourth quarter of 2015 Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) reported that net sales decreased by 11 percent to SEK 10,967 M, compared to SEK 12,277 M in the same period of the preceding year....
Fri December 18, 2015
Volvo to Leave National Mining Association Over Its Climate Change Policies
The organization Greenpeace is reporting that Volvo said that the company would end its relationship with the National Mining Association after learning of the mining lobby group’s efforts against President Obama’s Clean Power Plan....
