Mon September 04, 2006
PJ Rentals-Volvo Rents Celebrates One Year in Business
A lot can happen in a year and that’s certainly been true for Marc Dowdell and his company, PJ Rental-Volvo Rents. Dowdell purchased the franchise rights from Volvo Rents in August 2005, and the full-service rental, sales and service construction equipment dealer, based in Egg Harbor Township, is quickly making a mark for itself in southern New Jersey....
Tue August 29, 2006
Volvo Construction Equipment Increases Production Output to Meet Demands
The need to satisfy increased worldwide demand and reduce the amount of time that customers have to wait for their machines to be delivered are the driving forces for a package of investments Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced....
Thu August 10, 2006
Lancaster Development Muscles Up With New Volvo Trucks
When people approach the 60-year mark, they are referred to as “senior citizens.” When a company approaches the 60-year mark, it can be referred to a “seasoned company.” One such “seasoned” company is Lancaster Development located in upstate New York....
Tue July 04, 2006
Contractor Has Fairy Tale Relationship With Volvos
School-age children and folk singers have long marveled at the legend of the mighty Paul Bunyan. As the story goes, Bunyan used a huge ax and a big blue ox to quickly and efficiently clear the woods of the upper Midwest....
Sat June 17, 2006
Volvo Rents Adds to Franchise With New Center in Omaha
Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents), has opened a new Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Omaha, NE. TMS Equipment LLC, owned by franchise principal Walt Price, has opened its first Volvo Rents center at 10608 South 147th Street, in Omaha....
Mon June 19, 2006
Volvo Excavator, Cab Production Heading to Asheville, NC
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will begin building excavators and excavator and wheel loader cabs at its Asheville, NC, manufacturing facility. The company plans to invest, initially, $25 million with a possible additional $30 million over the next few years to increase its fabrication and assembly capabilities to meet growing requirements in the excavator market in North America....
Fri June 16, 2006
9 Brothers Adopts New Wheel Loader; Adds Volvo L25B to its Fleet Family
“The American Dream” is alive and well in the Palmieri family. When they immigrated to the United States in 1962, the Palmieri family consisted of nine boys and five girls. In 1979, Mario, as president and Vittorio and Armando as silent partners, founded 9 Brothers Building Supply on Islip Avenue in Brentwood, Long Island, NY....
Tue April 18, 2006
Volvo CE’s Market Planning Vice President Retires
After a career spanning 47 years, Uwe Tams, Volvo CE’s outgoing vice president of Market Planning and Research, has had a long time to chart not just the developments in the company, but also those of its competitors and the world around him....
Wed April 12, 2006
Volvo Construction Equipment Prepares for Intermat
Among the largest exhibitors at this year’s largest show, Volvo Construction Equipment will be concentrating its efforts at Intermat less on individual products than on how ’systems’ of products can be formed to provide complete solutions for job-site applications....
Wed April 05, 2006
Volvo Purchases 40 Million Shares of Nissan Diesel Stock
AB Volvo March 21 acquired 40 million common shares, corresponding to 13 percent of the shares, in the Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel from Nissan Motor, with an option to acquire the remaining 6 percent of the shares from Nissan Motor within four years....
