Wed April 02, 2008
Volvo Charges Toward Future With New Centaur Design
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has once again given its designers free rein to explore how machines might look in the future. Following the success of the SfinX extreme excavator concept (2004) and Gryphin wheel loader (2007), Volvo’s designers have now turned their attention to the articulated hauler....
Tue March 11, 2008
Volvo’s Carbon-Dioxide-Neutral Trucks Visit Washington, D.C.
After the Volvo Group’s showcasing of carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks in Stockholm and Brussels last year, it is now Washington, DC’s turn. In conjunction with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) arranged by the U.S....
Tue March 11, 2008
Volvo Unveils L220F Hybrid Wheel Loader at ConExpo
Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled a pre-production prototype of its L220F Hybrid wheel loader. Offering more power, better performance and a 10 percent reduction in fuel consumption, the L220F Hybrid’s increased efficiency and cost saving potential will offer customers a much greater return on their investment over the life cycle of the machine, according to the manufacturer....
Thu April 10, 2008
Hubbard Adds Volvo Skid Steers to Asphalt Grinding Work
It’s not every company that can boast having NASA and Mickey Mouse among its customers. But then again, Hubbard Construction Company isn’t just any company. Since 1920 it has grown into the largest heavy civil construction company in Florida, culminating in revenues of more than $300 million last year, according to Volvo Spirit magazine....
Fri March 14, 2008
Volvo Rents to Open New Location in Pompano Beach
Volvo Rents, owned by Enrique Irizzary of Casco Rental LLC and managed by Rick Owens, will expand further into the South Florida market with the opening of a store in Pompano Beach at 3120 NW 16th Terrace....
Mon February 18, 2008
Mack, Volvo Prepare Habitat for Humanity Home Sites
Habitat for Humanity has a well-deserved reputation. Its concern for others and the provision of new or re-furbished homes for working, low-income families has been known to Volvo for some time. Recent efforts by Habitat to build six new homes in Las Vegas caught the attention of Volvo Group North America....
Sun February 17, 2008
Volvo Construction Equipment Acquires Mathews Machinery
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has acquired Mathews Machinery Inc. its dealer for the state of California, in a move that combines the strengths of both companies to increase the effectiveness of the Volvo construction equipment distribution system in the state, according to the companies....
Mon February 11, 2008
Volvo Rents Franchise Owner Returns to Familiar Ground
Gary Tripp’s business life has come full circle. The owner of the Volvo Rents franchise in Lakeland, Fla., has moved back into the building in which he started an independent rental store in the late 1980s....
Mon February 11, 2008
Volvo Rents Hosts Sixth Annual Franchise Convention
More than 400 attendees from all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe gathered for Volvo Rents’ sixth annual Volvo Rents Franchise Convention Jan. 17 to 20 at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa in Ft....
Fri February 01, 2008
Vantage Equipment Takes on Volvo Road Machinery Lineup
Vantage Equipment LLC, the authorized Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) dealer in New York, has reached an agreement with Volvo CE to assume the sales and marketing of Volvo road machinery products effective Jan....
