Tue August 07, 2007
Volvo Construction to Launch Hybrid Technology in 2009
Introducing an ambitious range of new products at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany, Volvo Construction Equipment President and Chief Executive Tony Helsham announced that the company plans to offer customers machines featuring hybrid technology by 2009....
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....
Brian O’ Sullivan - Tue April 17, 2007
Volvo Tackles Challenges in Final Frontier of Alaska
If America is the land where everything is Big — then Alaska is surely the land where everything is vast. Now the 49th state of the United States, it was bought from the Russians for two cents an acre in 1867; is twice the size of Texas and, if laid on top of mainland USA, would stretch from New York on the east coast to San Francisco on the west....
Fri March 30, 2007
Volvo Rents Opens Rental Center in N.Y.
Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents) opened its second Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Marlboro, N.Y., in January. Best General Inc., under the ownership of Fernando delAguila, has opened its second Volvo Rents in Marlboro at 116 Route 9 West, Unit No....
Wed February 28, 2007
Volvo to Acquire Ingersoll Rand Road Development
Volvo has reached an agreement with Ingersoll Rand to acquire the assets of the company’s road development division, a manufacturer of heavy equipment for road construction and soil compaction with revenues of $864 million in 2006....
Sat March 03, 2007
Volvo CE Acquires Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Co.
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has acquired Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Company, its authorized dealer for the state of Michigan. Under the new ownership, the company will continue to operate under the Wolverine name from its present sales and services branches located in Detroit, Brighton, Byron Center, Casco, Holt, and Grand Rapids....
Tue January 16, 2007
Volvo’s C-Series Offers Increased Comfort, Ruggedness
Volvo Construction Equipment’s C-Series excavators — the EC160C and EC210C — have arrived in North America. The C-Series offers Tier III compliant Volvo engines, which have been united with intelligent hydraulics and a more rugged undercarriage and superstructure....
