Volvo - Tue February 12, 2019
Volvo CE Expands ActiveCare Direct to Pavers
Originally launched in 2017 for excavators, articulated haulers and wheel loaders, ActiveCare Direct is now available on select Volvo asphalt pavers. Starting February 2019, the P7110B and P7170B will be eligible for a one-year free subscription to ActiveCare Direct with a new machine purchase....
Volvo - Mon January 28, 2019
Volvo CE Opens Parts Distribution Center in Canada
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has opened a new parts distribution center in Toronto, Canada, to better serve its customers in the country. The new facility is part of the company's strategy to ensure the highest uptime in the industry, as it cuts delivery time and enables dealers to restock both common and business-critical components much faster....
Volvo - Wed January 23, 2019
Volvo Expands Compact Excavator Lineup with ECR18E, EC20E
Volvo Construction Equipment is adding to its E-Series compact excavators in North America with the launch of the ECR18E and the EC20E. The EC20E comes with a range of significant performance gains versus the D‑Series model it replaces, while the ultra short-swing ECR18E is an entirely new addition to the Volvo lineup....
Volvo - Wed January 16, 2019
Volvo CE Goes Electric on Smaller Machines
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will start the launch of an electric range of Volvo branded compact wheel loaders and compact excavators in 2020. In a pioneering commitment to future technology, Volvo CE has announced that by mid-2020 it will begin to launch a range of electric compact excavators (EC15 to EC27) and wheel loaders (L20 to L28), stopping new diesel engine-based development of these models....
Volvo - Thu January 03, 2019
Better Roads: The American Dream
Politicians around the world take great pleasure in disagreeing with each other, but in the United States there is one topic lawmakers on all sides can find common ground — that the country's highways network is in urgent need of repair and improvement....
Volvo - Thu December 20, 2018
Tech School Receives 'Gold Rush' Haul Truck from Volvo CE
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has donated an articulated haul truck to train future equipment operators at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) in Schnecksville, Pa. The Volvo A35D hauler had been used on Discovery Channel's "Gold Rush" television series and will now serve as a training tool for high school students enrolled in the institute's Heavy Equipment Operations and Preventive Maintenance program....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Thu December 20, 2018
Hoffman Equipment Ramps Up Volvo Presence in Northeast
When Hoffman Equipment's acquisition of Penn-Jersey Machinery became official on Nov. 19, 2018, it was the culmination of the usual back-and-forth business negotiations — maybe it'll happen … maybe it won't....
Volvo - Tue December 18, 2018
Driving a 60 Ton Hauler? That's Child's Play
Bringing construction to life in the imaginations of children around the world, the 1:16 toy model of Volvo CE's A60H articulated hauler provides children with the "real-world" experience of handling one of the industry's top heavyweight machines....
Volvo - Tue December 11, 2018
Paving the Way for Vital Infrastructure with Volvo
The transport infrastructure needs in economically emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific are so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion a year over the next decade in order to keep up with economic growth and tackle poverty and climate change....
CEG - Thu December 06, 2018
D'Amato Construction Refaces Shepaug Dam in Waterbury
Resurfacing a dam that is 450 ft. long with 100 ft. of main spillway might be a daunting task to some. But D'Amato Construction is up to the challenge. Shepaug Dam, which is owned by the city of Waterbury, Conn., was constructed in the 1930s....
