Wed April 23, 2008
Volvo Construction Equipment Set to Begin Delivery of E-Series Artic Haulers
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has begun delivering the new E-Series articulated haulers, featuring more power and more capacity. It will begin delivery of the new E-Series articulated hauler with full suspension (FS) in the second quarter of 2008....
Wed May 28, 2008
Volvo Takes Part in San Juan River Project in New Mexico
Fresh water rivers’ flows prevent areas of the world from becoming arid, nonproductive wastelands. Such could be the description of the northwest corner of New Mexico but for the San Juan River. Johnny and Machelle Stinson, owners of Adobe Contractors Inc., located in Bloomfield, and Daniel Thompson, product specialist with Golden Equipment Company, Volvo Construction Equipment’s exclusive Farmington based New Mexico dealer, were amongst the first to harness the potential of this broad, slow flowing river caused by the Navajo Irrigation Dam....
Tue May 20, 2008
Volvo Rents Opens New Rental Center in Rockford, Ill.
Jack Moser, president and CEO of McAllister Equipment Co., has opened a Volvo Rents franchise in Rockford, Ill. The new Volvo Rents center, an independently owned and operated franchise, carries equipment for the construction, commercial and industrial markets, including Volvo compact excavators and wheel loaders and backhoe and skid-steer loaders....
Thu May 15, 2008
World Market Lifts Volvo’s Sales, Income Levels in First Quarter
The results of recent acquisitions and cost efficiency initiatives were positive in Volvo Construction Equipment’s first financial quarter of 2008, with both sales and income leaping up 38 percent when compared to the same period in 2007....
Wed April 02, 2008
Volvo Charges Toward Future With New Centaur Design
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has once again given its designers free rein to explore how machines might look in the future. Following the success of the SfinX extreme excavator concept (2004) and Gryphin wheel loader (2007), Volvo’s designers have now turned their attention to the articulated hauler....
Tue March 11, 2008
Volvo’s Carbon-Dioxide-Neutral Trucks Visit Washington, D.C.
After the Volvo Group’s showcasing of carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks in Stockholm and Brussels last year, it is now Washington, DC’s turn. In conjunction with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) arranged by the U.S....
Tue March 11, 2008
Volvo Unveils L220F Hybrid Wheel Loader at ConExpo
Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled a pre-production prototype of its L220F Hybrid wheel loader. Offering more power, better performance and a 10 percent reduction in fuel consumption, the L220F Hybrid’s increased efficiency and cost saving potential will offer customers a much greater return on their investment over the life cycle of the machine, according to the manufacturer....
Thu April 10, 2008
Hubbard Adds Volvo Skid Steers to Asphalt Grinding Work
It’s not every company that can boast having NASA and Mickey Mouse among its customers. But then again, Hubbard Construction Company isn’t just any company. Since 1920 it has grown into the largest heavy civil construction company in Florida, culminating in revenues of more than $300 million last year, according to Volvo Spirit magazine....
Fri March 14, 2008
Volvo Rents to Open New Location in Pompano Beach
Volvo Rents, owned by Enrique Irizzary of Casco Rental LLC and managed by Rick Owens, will expand further into the South Florida market with the opening of a store in Pompano Beach at 3120 NW 16th Terrace....
Mon February 18, 2008
Mack, Volvo Prepare Habitat for Humanity Home Sites
Habitat for Humanity has a well-deserved reputation. Its concern for others and the provision of new or re-furbished homes for working, low-income families has been known to Volvo for some time. Recent efforts by Habitat to build six new homes in Las Vegas caught the attention of Volvo Group North America....
