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Business
Volvo Construction Equipment first-quarter profits tumble 76%, sales down 32%
While the company was happy to see its profitability improve from the fourth quarter, Volvo Construction Equipment’s first-quarter operating income plummeted 76 percent from the same period a year ago. The company reports that it was hurt by declines in each market and a sharp decline in mining sector demand. Volvo reported first-quarter operating profits […]
April 26, 2013
Telematics
Volvo remote technology chief discusses how telematics have changed the service call
During  the unveiling of Volvo Construction Equipment’s expanded Shippensburg, Pennsylvania plant, I got to visit Volvo’s CareTrack center — the hub of its telematics operation. There I met Bill Sauber, Volvo’s manager of remote technologies, and as you’ll see in the video below, a passionate proponent of telematics. Bill’s no stranger to Equipment World, as […]
April 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
Volvo CE announces Tier 4 Final approach at Bauma 2013
Volvo Construction Equipment President Pat Olney said today at Bauma 2013 that the company will primarily use SCR technology as its Tier 4 Final approach, our sister site, Equipment World, reported from the show. Olney noted that Volvo has achieved 5 percent fuel efficiency with its Final approach. In order to maintain the correct DEF-to-fuel […]
April 17, 2013
Equipment
Volvo CE president says SCR will be primary Tier 4 Final solution
Volvo Construction Equipment will primarily use SCR technology as its Tier 4 Final approach, said Pat Olney, president of Volvo Construction Equipment, today at the Bauma trade show in Munich, Germany. “We’re pleased to say we’re able to achieve 5 percent additional fuel efficiency with our Final approach,” said Olney. The DEF (or urea) tank on […]
April 17, 2013
Gear
Volvo updates SD115 soil compactor with Tier 4 interim engine, new features
Volvo Construction Equipment has updated their SD115 soil compactor, and the machine now includes a Tier 4 interim engine. The SD115 is available with either a four-cylinder 147.5-horsepower or six-cylinder 173-horsepower Volvo engine. The compactor’s hydraulically-operated engine cooling fan runs only when needed, reducing both fuel consumption and noise levels. Weighing 25,690 pounds, the compactors […]
April 2, 2013
Business
Transportation Sec. LaHood: Volvo’s first U.S.-made wheel loader a sign of confidence in American economy, workers
Last week, we watched as the first American made Volvo wheel loader (an L60G) rolled off the line at the company’s expanded Shippensburg, Pennsylvania plant. As we noted in our report,  Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez was in attendance also. Yesterday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took to his blog to discuss Volvo’s decision. Of […]
March 26, 2013
Gear
Volvo gives sneak peek of new P7110 paver, DD110B compactor at World of Asphalt
Though neither product is yet shipping (one hasn’t even gone into production yet) Volvo Construction Equipment gave attendees at World of Asphalt 2013 a sneak peek at its P7110 paver and the DD110B compactor. The P7110 pavers replaces the PF6000 series, according to our sister publication Better Roads. A Volvo spokesperson said the company’s focus […]
March 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Ghosts of Ingersoll Rand: Volvo road equipment moves forward at World of Asphalt
If any industry sews nostalgia into every stitch of its fabric, it’s ours. Equipment from days gone by is still part of the landscape and so are the names that were branded on it. Whether it is because previous generations of your family that owned the company began the business with it or because the […]
March 20, 2013
Business
Head of Volvo Construction Americas lauds Obama’s focus on improving infrastructure
During his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama dedicated a significant amount of time to the country’s failing infrastructure and proposed an initiative to bring the country’s highways and bridges back up to standard. Obama called his plan a “fix-it-first” program that would not only make the most needed repairs to […]
February 19, 2013
Business
Little change in Volvo Construction Equipment net sales for 2012
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has released its fourth quarter and yearÂ-end results, which report net sales for 2012 remained the same as 2011, as well as a 15-Âpercent share in the Chinese wheel loader and excavator segment in 2012. Volvo CE also reported 78,491 machine sales for the year, the company’s second best ever […]
February 6, 2013
Equipment Experts
Get more from 3- to 4- cubic-yard wheel loaders by avoiding misuse and abuse
Call it what you will – multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, split personality – wheel loaders in the 3- to 4-cubic-yard reference bucket capacity size have it bad. While larger loaders typically focus on production, loaders in this size perform lots of different jobs. “These loaders find their way into almost all applications,” […]
February 1, 2013
Business
Get more from 3- to 4- cubic-yard wheel loaders by avoiding misuse and abuse
Call it what you will – multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, split personality – wheel loaders in the 3- to 4-cubic-yard reference bucket capacity size have it bad. While larger loaders typically focus on production, loaders in this size perform lots of different jobs. “These loaders find their way into almost all applications,” […]
February 1, 2013
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