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Wed September 12, 2007

Volvo Construction Adds New Product Class of Pipelayers

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines targeting, primarily, contractors in the on-shore oil and gas industry. It is anticipated that the new class will be available to the North America market in the second quarter of 2008....

Wed September 12, 2007

Volvo Trucks North America Offers Fuel Efficient Tractors

Volvo Trucks North America has partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a comprehensive package of vehicle components for the Volvo VN to deliver high fuel efficiency and low emissions, as part of EPA’s new SmartWay tractor program....

Fri September 14, 2007

Nelva Opens Second Volvo Rents Location

Nelva Corporation in Virginia has opened a second Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise. Nelva Corporation, owned by Bill and Ned Dickinson, opened its first Volvo Rents franchise in 2003 in Virginia Beach, Va....

Thu July 05, 2007

CASCO Rentals Opens Volvo Rents Franchise in Tampa

CASCO Rentals LLC has opened a Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Tampa, Fla. It is the third Volvo Rents franchise opened by CASCO in Florida. CASCO Rentals, owned by franchise principal, Enrique Irizarry Jr., opened its first Volvo Rents center in Port St....

Mon May 07, 2007

Volvo Seals Deal to Add Ingersoll Rand Division

Volvo concluded the acquisition of Ingersoll Rand’s road development equipment division. The division was consolidated into the Volvo Group May 1. The transaction was initially announced on Feb. 27....

Mon May 07, 2007

Volvo Dealers Form Joint Venture to Acquire Spreitzer

Volvo Construction Equipment North America (Volvo CE) dealers, Scott Construction Equipment Company LLC (Scott) and G. W. Van Keppel Company (Van Keppel), have formed a joint venture company, Scott Van Keppel LLC, (SVK) to acquire Volvo CE dealer Spreitzer Inc....

Fri March 16, 2007

Volvo Designers Imagine the

The Volvo stand at Bauma will feature a new technology area where the options being considered for future machines will be demonstrated and discussed. The technology area will describe the options under consideration and explain why putting diesel and electric power sources allows smaller engines, lower fuel consumption, lower emissions — and yet higher performance....

Brian O’ Sullivan - Tue April 17, 2007

Volvo Tackles Challenges in Final Frontier of Alaska

If America is the land where everything is Big — then Alaska is surely the land where everything is vast. Now the 49th state of the United States, it was bought from the Russians for two cents an acre in 1867; is twice the size of Texas and, if laid on top of mainland USA, would stretch from New York on the east coast to San Francisco on the west....

Fri March 30, 2007

Volvo Rents Opens Rental Center in N.Y.

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents) opened its second Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Marlboro, N.Y., in January. Best General Inc., under the ownership of Fernando delAguila, has opened its second Volvo Rents in Marlboro at 116 Route 9 West, Unit No....

Wed February 28, 2007

Volvo to Acquire Ingersoll Rand Road Development

Volvo has reached an agreement with Ingersoll Rand to acquire the assets of the company’s road development division, a manufacturer of heavy equipment for road construction and soil compaction with revenues of $864 million in 2006....