Press releases 2010

In line with the strategic objective of becoming number 1, 2 or 3 in BRIC countries Volvo CE will invest in assembly of excavators and related key welded structures in its Pederneiras facility in Brazil.

The introduction of the new Volvo EC20C excavator provides reliability, operator comfort, ergonomic design, performance and safety in a 2-ton-class excavator.

The models offer a compact new design and the power to help operators perform work comfortably, quickly, safely and efficiently.

At the Volvo Road Institute – established more than 45 years ago – crew members, supervisors, technicians and other interested road building personnel come to learn everything they need to know about asphalt paving and compaction.

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has completed a $30 million, 200,000 square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and is now in full production of its comprehensive heavy equipment line. The broad-scale expansion of the facility began in June of 2009 to improve manufacturing flow and increase production capacity to meet an anticipated growth in the demand for construction equipment in North America and to incorporate the full-line production of Volvo motor graders.

Volvo Construction Equipment and Arnold Machinery, Inc., the Volvo Construction Equipment dealer in four (4) western states, have delivered a Volvo DD29 asphalt compactor to the Vietnam Aviation Veterans of Arizona Memorial Museum in Maricopa, Arizona, as a contribution to the museum’s support and recognition of United States military veterans.

Volvo Construction Equipment officially introduced its new $30million road machinery manufacturing facility expansion in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in early November, to the company’s dealers and customers in the construction equipment industry.

Sales in SEK at Volvo Construction Equipment rose sharply in the third quarter of 2010, almost double the rate of increase of the general market in units.

Volvo Construction Equipment has received Tier 4 interim emissions certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Volvo D13 (13 liter) and Volvo D16 (16 liter) engines. EPA certification for Volvo’s D11 (11 liter) engine was received in August, 2010.

With just weeks to go before the biggest construction equipment exhibition in Asia, Volvo is ready to wow visitors with its most impressive display yet.