Press releases

Volvo Road Institute® enters its 47th year as the asphalt industry’s premier training school, providing practical instruction for contractors and industry professionals.

Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after walking the red carpet to collect its prestigious red dot award, won for its innovative L220G wheel loader.

Volvo Construction Equipment’s new G900B-Series generation motor graders have new engines and a comprehensive package of features designed to aid traction, moldboard control, productivity and ease of use.

With fuel efficiency improvement of up to 13 percent – combined with digging power, ease of use and servicing – the EC250D and EC300D from Volvo Construction Equipment are specifically designed for tough jobs.

Volvo Construction Equipment’s new CEO Pat Olney has used his first major press conference to underscore the company’s continued commitment to developing its Asia activities and customer base.

Recoveries in mature markets combined with sharp increases in emerging countries and internal cost reductions saw Volvo CE record a 53% increase in sales, a 70% increase in income – and a record operating margin in the first financial quarter of 2011.

The Volvo Masters is a team competition for parts and service technicians who solve problems similar to those they face on jobsites every day. Teams are judged on their technical and parts system skills, on how they handle their tools, and how they apply the Volvo core values of quality, safety, and environmental care in their work.

Effective 1 May, Eberhard Wedekind, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Volvo CE. He will be based in the Volvo CE HQ office in Brussels, Belgium. He will succeed Scott Hall who as earlier announced will leave Volvo CE to take up the position of President of Volvo Rents in Shippensburg, North America.

As the North American business cycle is showing signs of recovery, Volvo CE Rents will play an increasingly important role in securing sales in the upturn and the company is embarking on a new course where it will not only run a franchise network of rental stores, but will also run company owned stores.

Effective 1 May, Mr Patrick Olney, 42, has been appointed new President and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment.