News articles and Press releases : Volvo Construction Equipment

News 18/03/2015

Volvo loaders take fuel efficiency to the next level in New Zealand

Long-time Volvo Construction Equipment customer, Road Metals Co., Ltd, has taken delivery of New Zealand’s first-ever H-series wheel loaders to work at its quarries across the country.

UMG – Volvo CE´s dealer in Cambodia invited to aftermarket road show to explain the advantages of Volvo CE´s aftermarket offering. Here is the entire staff in a group picture

News 07/10/2014

Volvo CE is No. 1 in Cambodia

130 customers attended when Volvo CE and its national distributor United Mercury Group celebrated becoming Cambodia’s number one construction equipment brand.

News 07/10/2014

Volvo Ocean Race 2014/15 A race around the world

On 4th October 2014, the mighty Volvo Ocean Race set sail once again. This year, seven international teams are competing to be the fastest to finish the 38, 739 nautical mile voyage across...

News 15/09/2014

APAC signs Timor-Leste dealer and sells first excavator

Volvo CE has signed experienced heavy equipment dealer Tjing Fa Ho as its national sales, service and spare parts provider in Timor-Leste.

News 11/09/2014

Logging on the equator demands quality and uptime

Indonesia’s agroforestry sector is improving sustainable logging practices in the Sumatran rainforest – and to keep up with increasing demand from the paper and pulp industry, one local...

David Choo welcomes Volvo customer S.C. Ang at Yuan Ji Enterprise. Mr Ang eventually also became the winner of this year´s edition of the Volvo World Challenge in Singapore

News 23/07/2014

Customer golf to support Singapore sales

Around 70 existing and prospect customers participated in Region APAC´s traditional golf event to support Volvo CE´s sales in Singapore.

News 07/07/2014

Simple math makes Volvo first choice at Korean quarry

Located 140km from South Korea’s capital – Seoul – Wonju is a popular holiday destination for Koreans and foreign tourists thanks to its picturesque golf courses and extensive woodland. The...

News 26/06/2014

Every mile worth the while

"To deliver 20% higher productivity and 15% savings on fuel consistently over years is no joke. Take it from me - if it’s road building, it’s got to be Volvo.” Says Shailendra Singhal,...

News 25/06/2014

Demolishing without disturbing

“The Volvo line of excavators delivers maximum reach and stability with no vibration and very little noise. Now, that’s a killer combination for demolitions,” says Mohan Ramanathan, managing...

News 20/06/2014

Volvo reaches the Shillong Peak of efficiency

The two-lane Shillong bypass in Meghalaya, India, consists of 500 km of high altitude road, built with the help of Volvo equipment.

Anders P Larsson Volvo CE test and development center inauguration

News 19/05/2014

Volvo CE opens test and development center in South Korea

Volvo Construction Equipment has inaugurated its state-of-the-art test and development center in Hapcheon, Korea, close to the company’s existing excavator manufacturing facility in...

News 14/05/2014

Fuel efficient and fast loading of New Zealands logging export

New Zealand’s log export industry has gone from strength to strength, reporting a 200% increase over the last seven years. To keep up with demand, Mount Maunganui-based Quality Marshalling...

News 09/05/2014

Swedish ambassador applauds new Indonesian training facility

Indonesia’s INTA Institute was set up to improve technical skills among the national workforce. At the opening ceremony on Friday, the Swedish Ambassador congratulated Volvo and its dealer...

News 16/04/2014

Indonesian dealer invests USD 6 million in new Sumatra branch

Demand for heavy equipment in South Sumatra is on the rise, so Volvo CE’s regional dealer – PT Indotruck Utama – has invested USD 6 million in a state-of-the-art sales and aftermarket...

News 14/04/2014

Life's a blast in Indonesia's Steel City

Korean steel giant POSCO and Indonesia’s Krakatau Steel are using specially adapted Volvo equipment to process by-products from a 3,000°C blast furnace.

The Volvo machines work over a pink horizon

News 01/04/2014

Making light of overburden in India

Montecarlo Construction Limited (MCL) is removing over 66 million cubic meters of overburden at an open-cast quarry in Singrauli.

The Volvo is on hand to help clean up the area

News 26/03/2014

Typhoon Haiyan relief effort accelerated by Volvo CE donation

The Visayas region of Central Philippines was devastated by the most destructive typhoon on record in November 2013. Four months on, Volvo Construction Equipment and Civic Merchandising...

News 26/03/2014

Volvo Safety Award creates safer quarries in Malaysia

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has, in cooperation with the Malaysia Quarries Association (MQA), initiated the industry’s first-ever safety award in order to improve safety...

News 26/03/2014

Volvo machinery demonstrates ingrained quality

Grain is a food staple in almost every culture’s diet and one of Western Australia’s leading grain organizations, CBH Group, stores, transports and markets approximately 15 million tons of...

News 04/03/2014

A rock solid investment in Thailand

Keeping a quarry in action for 24 hours a day is not easy – but one Thai company, based in Chonburi Province, relies on Volvo Construction Equipment’s fast and effective maintenance service...

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