Press releases

Opting for their first Volvo compact excavator has proved to be the right decision for Andrew Pike Builders of Cheriton Bishop, near Exeter thanks to good performance, reliability and support from Volvo’s local utility equipment dealer Plant & Engineering Services according to proprietor Andrew Pike.

So says Peter Scott, co-Director of Teeside based aggregate recycling and crushing company Scott Bros Thornaby as he takes delivery of the company’s first Volvo loading shovel, an L150G.

Swecon, the dealer for Volvo Construction Equipment in Sweden has announced a new world speed record from their performance concept wheel loader – the Volvo L60G PCP (Performance Concept Prototype). The announcement was made to the press at Anderstorp Raceway in Sweden yesterday.

Swecon, the Volvo Construction Equipment dealer in Sweden, has just released the world's first and unique performance concept wheel loader, the Volvo L60G PCP (Performance Concept Prototype).

Volvo CE reported record sales and profitability in Q1, 2012, with sales up 17% and higher than ever operating income and operating margin for a first quarter.

“So far I’m extremely impressed…”says the proprietor of Sam Marles Plant Hire based at Woodbury Salterton near Exeter as he describes his initial experiences dealing with Volvo’s utility dealer Plant & Engineering Services and his brand new Volvo ECR28 zero swing compact excavator.

Essex based C A Blackwell has taken delivery of two new Volvo EC700C excavators for prestigious contracts awarded in the north of Scotland.

MW Groundworks of Tarbrax South Lanarkshire has taken delivery of a new Volvo EC210C with a fourteen tonne EC140C due for imminent delivery for its specialist contracting and land clearance business.

Designed for smaller compaction projects, Volvo’s DD25 and DD25W are small double drum compactors that feature 360-degree visibility and high frequency – allowing operators to get the job done faster, better and more safely.

Leading machinery supplier Volvo Construction Equipment’s wholly owned dealership in Great Britain has been ranked 46th in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For 2012. More than 1,000 businesses entered, with almost a quarter of a million employees expressing their views through independent engagement surveys.