Volvo - Tue September 04, 2018
Volvo CE Inaugurates New Headquarters
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has moved into its new headquarters on the same site as other Volvo business areas at Campus Lundby in Gothenburg, Sweden. To mark the move, an inauguration ceremony was held on Sept....
Volvo - Thu August 30, 2018
Testing Begins at World's First 'Emission-Free' Quarry
Volvo Construction Equipment and its customer Skanska recently began testing the viability of its Electric Site concept. The system, which incorporates electric and autonomous Volvo machines, will run in a real production environment for 10 weeks – delivering an anticipated 95 percent reduction in carbon emissions and 25 percent reduction in total cost of operations....
Metso - Mon July 02, 2018
Metso Closes Its Acquisition of P.J. Jonsson och Söner in Sweden
Metso has successfully completed its acquisition of the Swedish mobile crushing and screening solution provider P.J. Jonsson och Söner. The agreement regarding the acquisition was announced in April 2018....
Jens Karrman - Wed December 13, 2017
Moving the City: A New Dawn for Kiruna
Every night, just over an hour after midnight, a rumbling arises from the ground under Kiruna. Most people living here are so used to the sound that they don't even react. LKAB's nightly explosions are a part of the everyday life of this city, located 145 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle....
Tue December 05, 2017
Volvo CE Presents Second Episode of 'The Megaproject Listing': Moving the City of Kiruna
'Moving a City' tells the story of Kiruna's historic move and its challenges. Sweden's northernmost city was founded more than 100 years ago because of the rich iron ore deposits in the ground....
Mon October 16, 2017
Volvo CE Launches 'Building Tomorrow' Brand Film
Bringing together a range of customer success stories from around the world, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has launched the brand film 'Building Tomorrow.' Released on Oct. 14, it showcases how Volvo machines through a variety of customer projects are working to create a better future for the generations to come, "to build the world we want to live in."“At Volvo Construction Equipment we are driven by the idea that through imagination, hard work and technological innovation we will lead the way towards developing a world that is cleaner, smarter, and more connected,” said Martin Weissburg, president of Volvo CE and Member of the Volvo Group Executive Board....
Tue August 22, 2017
The Legacy That Shaped Volvo's World-Class Excavators
With a history that can be traced all the way back to 1832, Volvo CE is one of the true pioneers of the construction equipment industry. The company is famed for its innovations in wheel loaders and articulated haulers, but also boasts more than 75 years of excavator experience....
Tue August 15, 2017
Engcon Invests Millions in New Test Facilities
Engcon, world leader in tiltrotators for excavators, has intensified its quality efforts in recent years. As the next step in these efforts, Engcon is now investing in two automated test facilities at its factory in Strömsund, Sweden, where every Engcon tiltrotator will be tested before delivery to the customer....
Thu July 13, 2017
Volvo Celebrates 75,000th Hauler
More than half a century after they invented the concept, Volvo Construction Equipment recently celebrated the production of the 75,000th articulated hauler. Having produced more than half of the articulated haulers ever made, a staggering 50,000 Volvo haulers are still in regular use around the world....
Thu July 13, 2017
Volvo LX1 Prototype Delivers Around 50% Fuel Efficiency Improvement
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) presented field test results for its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader at a press event in California on July 12th. The company organized the event alongside its customer Waste Management, which carried out the field tests, CALSTART, which conducted emission tests on the machine, and the California Energy Commission, which helped fund the LX1 project....
