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International Construction Products to offer U.S. contractors comfort zone when buying deep-discount Chinese machines
The Chinese machines are here; why aren’t U.S. contractors buying more of them? The up to 40 percent price differential between these machines and established brands would turn most buyer’s heads, especially since quality issues seem to be diminishing. The answer lies in continuing, if not universal, aftersales uncertainties; it’s all fine to get a […]
March 5, 2014
Construction Equipment
Volvo CE unveils GaiaX concept: an electric, tablet-controlled excavator (VIDEO, GALLERY)
[imagebrowser id=33] We’ve got to hand it to Volvo Construction Equipment’s design team. After all, the team took inspiration from Swedish furniture and Greek mythology to create a concept compact excavator unveiled today at ConExpo in Las Vegas. The idea is a bit…broad, but admirable nonetheless. Called GaiaX, the concept machine is named after the […]
March 4, 2014
Construction Equipment
Volvo CE’s ECR88D compact excavator wins iF product design award
Just in case award-winning design plays heavily into your buying decisions, Volvo Construction Equipment might have the compact excavator for you. On Friday, Volvo CE was honored during a ceremony in Munich, Germany, receiving an iF product design award for the ECR88D compact excavator. The short swing radius machine was chosen by a panel of […]
March 2, 2014
Construction Equipment
Circle of Life: Factory that made Volvo construction equipment for 167 years is destroyed by its own machines
After being in operation for more than 167 years, a Volvo Construction Equipment hardening plant in Sweden met its own demise at the hand of the very machines it helped create. Located in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the old plant was situated in an area of town known as Munktellstaden, named after Theofron Munktell, the father of Volvo CE. The […]
February 25, 2014
Construction Equipment
Volvo CE fills gap in C-Series line with launch of MCT110C compact track loader
With the launch of the MCT110C compact track loader, Volvo Construction Equipment fills the gap between their MCT85C and MCT125C units. One of the four tracked models in the C-Series line, the MCT110C has a rated operating capacity of 2,250 pounds and features a Tier 4 Final 74-horsepower four-cylinder engine. The machine’s advanced combustion system […]
February 10, 2014
Business
With acquisition finalized, Volvo Rents is now BlueLine Rental
After its acquisition by private equity firm Platinum Equity — finalized in January –Volvo Rents has been rebranded BlueLine Rental. With 130 rental stores in North America, BlueLine will continue to rent Volvo backhoes, skid steers, compact wheel loaders, compact excavators and compaction equipment, along with other machines and tools. Scott Hall, president of BlueLine, […]
February 10, 2014
Business
Volvo CE operating income plummets 54% in 2013 despite gains in 4Q
Despite encouraging gains in the fourth quarter, Volvo Construction Equipment will be glad to put 2013 behind it. Full-year sales fell by 16 percent to $8.2 billion (53.4 billion SEK) while operating income plummeted 54 percent to $399 million (2.6 billion SEK). In its report, Volvo CE attributed the fall in operating income to “tough price […]
February 5, 2014
Construction Equipment
Excavator busts massive beaver dam, artfully tiptoes away from ensuing flood
This video exemplifies the fun of watching construction equipment. In it we see a very skilled operator bust up a huge beaver dam. He lays his pallets one by one to get to the massive pile of sticks and dirt and once that dam is busted and all that water is rushing at him, he […]
January 17, 2014
Roadbuilding
Expo Engineering
Here’s a sneak peek at the technologies behind exceptional equipment for roadbuilding at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014.
January 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Terex to sell truck business to Volvo CE
Terex announced on Monday that it plans to sell its truck business to Volvo Construction Equipment for approximately $160 million. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2014, will provide Volvo with off-highway rigid and articulated haul trucks. Terex’s Motherwell, Scotland manufacturing facility is included in the transaction. Terex Chairman […]
December 10, 2013
Business
Volvo sells Volvo Rents equipment rental business to Platinum Equity
As rumored earlier this year, the Volvo Group has agreed to sell its Volvo Rents construction equipment rental business to Platinum Equity, a U.S.-based private equity firm, for $1.1 billion (SEK 7.5 billion). The sale should be completed during the first quarter of 2014. As a pre-requisite for the sale to go through, Platinum Equity […]
December 10, 2013
Business
Terex sells truck business to Volvo Construction Equipment
Terex says it will sell its truck business—which includes off-highway articulated and rigid-frame trucks— to Volvo Construction Equipment in a $160 million cash deal. The deal, slated to be finalized in the first half of next year, immediately gives Volvo a rigid-haul product for the heavy earthmoving and light mining segment, targeting the booming oil […]
December 9, 2013
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