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Wed December 12, 2007

First Excavator Rolls Off Volvo CE’s Asheville, N.C., Production Line

The first Volvo excavator to be built at the Volvo Construction Equipment manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C., rolled off the production line Nov. 9. The rollout event in Asheville was attended by several hundred city, county, state and Congressional officials, private industry executives, company management, dealers, customers and personnel and members of the Swedish embassy from Washington, D.C....

Sat November 17, 2007

Volvo Rents Tabs EBE to Open New Center in Branson

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents), has announced the opening of a Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Branson, Mo. The new franchise is EBE Enterprises LLC is located at 120 Birch St., Hollister (Branson)....

Wed October 24, 2007

Casco Rental Opens Second Volvo Rents, Plans for Third

A Florida Volvo Rents franchise owner is in an expansion mode. Casco Rental LLC of Puerto Rico opened its first location two years ago in Port St. Lucie, Fla., which is now the United States headquarters....

Wed September 12, 2007

Volvo Construction Adds New Product Class of Pipelayers

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines targeting, primarily, contractors in the on-shore oil and gas industry. It is anticipated that the new class will be available to the North America market in the second quarter of 2008....

Wed September 12, 2007

Volvo Trucks North America Offers Fuel Efficient Tractors

Volvo Trucks North America has partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a comprehensive package of vehicle components for the Volvo VN to deliver high fuel efficiency and low emissions, as part of EPA’s new SmartWay tractor program....

Fri September 14, 2007

Nelva Opens Second Volvo Rents Location

Nelva Corporation in Virginia has opened a second Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise. Nelva Corporation, owned by Bill and Ned Dickinson, opened its first Volvo Rents franchise in 2003 in Virginia Beach, Va....

Thu July 05, 2007

CASCO Rentals Opens Volvo Rents Franchise in Tampa

CASCO Rentals LLC has opened a Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Tampa, Fla. It is the third Volvo Rents franchise opened by CASCO in Florida. CASCO Rentals, owned by franchise principal, Enrique Irizarry Jr., opened its first Volvo Rents center in Port St....

Mon May 07, 2007

Volvo Seals Deal to Add Ingersoll Rand Division

Volvo concluded the acquisition of Ingersoll Rand’s road development equipment division. The division was consolidated into the Volvo Group May 1. The transaction was initially announced on Feb. 27....

Mon May 07, 2007

Volvo Dealers Form Joint Venture to Acquire Spreitzer

Volvo Construction Equipment North America (Volvo CE) dealers, Scott Construction Equipment Company LLC (Scott) and G. W. Van Keppel Company (Van Keppel), have formed a joint venture company, Scott Van Keppel LLC, (SVK) to acquire Volvo CE dealer Spreitzer Inc....

Fri March 16, 2007

Volvo Designers Imagine the

The Volvo stand at Bauma will feature a new technology area where the options being considered for future machines will be demonstrated and discussed. The technology area will describe the options under consideration and explain why putting diesel and electric power sources allows smaller engines, lower fuel consumption, lower emissions — and yet higher performance....