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Construction Equipment

Why compact track loaders are still stealing skid steer market share at a relentless rate

At some point, compact track loaders (CTLs) will quit taking market share from skid steer loaders. But for now, the relentless march of CTLs continues, driven by the narrowing of the cost differential between the two machine types, CTLs’ enhanced suitability to common applications, and the expansion of models in a variety of sizes. […]

December 2, 2016

Technology

How to get the most out of all the latest excavator technology features

Excavators from 19- to 50-metric tons are brimming with technology, from electronic controls to hyper-adjustable seating. But, questions still abound about how this technology benefits the contractor, and especially how contractors can learn to get the most from these features.   A la mode Excavators have multiple modes, multiple names for those modes, and those modes provide […]

November 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE sales dip slightly in Q3, but profit ticks up with improved order intake

Volvo Construction Equipment reports in its latest earnings announcement that the company saw sales decline in the third quarter despite seeing an improvement in the European market and an increase in order intake across all regions. The heavy equipment manufacturer saw sales fall 3 percent to to SEK 11.539 billion ($1.3 billion U.S.). When adjusted for currency […]

October 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Inside development of the Volvo CE LX1 as the hybrid-electric loader goes into field testing

Volvo Construction Equipment introduced its first concept of a hybrid wheel loader at the 2008 ConExpo-Con/Agg … and then went silent. The long wait between then and now was acknowledged by Scott Young, Volvo CE’s program manager for electromobility during the company’s recent Xploration Forum. But the wait has had its upsides, Young says: electrification […]

October 21, 2016

Battery electric

How Volvo CE is engineering a quarry run by electric loaders and haulers for big cuts to costs and emissions

Volvo Construction Equipment, the Swedish Energy Agency, Skanska Sweden construction firm and two universities have been working on what the group is calling the Electric Site project. The $30 million project is ambitious, aimed at creating an electrified quarry where not only are carbon emissions reduced by up to 95 percent, but also the total […]

October 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE’s “Henrik the Hauler” coloring book honors colleague who lost battle with cancer

Henrik Larsson was all about articulated haulers. As artic product specialist at Volvo Construction Equipment, Larsson was a passionate advocate for the Volvo brand for more than 15 years. And so after he passed away last year at the age of 45 following a battle with sarcoma, a rare form of cancerous tumor that grows in […]

October 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE taps Lundblad as VP of technology

Volvo Construction Equipment has named a former software developer and automotive industry veteran as its senior vice president of technology. The company announced that Patrik Lundblad, 46, will head its technology efforts starting November 1. According to a Volvo CE release, Lundblad has served in senior roles for both Saab and General Motors. He first […]

October 11, 2016

Technology

Volvo CE launches Load Assist: real-time payload data/documentation delivered through tablet-like interface

Volvo Construction Equipment is bringing a new feature to wheel loaders that delivers both real-time payload data to operators and easy work order management to owners and customers. Volvo calls the system Load Assist and is now offering it on its L110H, L120H, L150H, L180, L220H and L250H wheel loaders. The company says the system […]

October 6, 2016

Dealers

Strongco completes sale of U.S.-based equipment dealer Chadwick-BaRoss

Strongco Corportation has completed the sale of 100 percent of the shares of U.S. subsidiary Chadwick-BaRoss Inc. for $12.4 million to Chadwick-BaRoss Canada Inc., a subsidiary of ISH Capital. Announced in early August, Mississauga, Ontario-based Strongco said the sale was due to “challenging economic conditions.” The company says the sale will be used to fund […]

October 5, 2016

Battery electric

Volvo CE Unveils its Future: Concept machines reveal bets on automation, electrification

During its 2016 Xploration Forum Volvo offered intriguing glimpses of where it was headed.

September 16, 2016

Vocational

Volvo demos FMX autonomous truck in a dark mine by placing CTO in its path

The safety debate over autonomous truck driving just got a lot more interesting thanks to a new video from Volvo which shows one of the company’s top executives daring to stand in the path of one its autonomous FMX truck.   During the roughly two-minute long video, the FMX cab-over concept truck is shown traversing […]

September 12, 2016

Dealers

Volvo CE names Roy president of sales for Americas region

Volvo Construction Equipment has named former Mack Trucks president Stephen Roy its next president of sales for North America and Latin America. Roy, who has been with the Volvo Group since 2007, will take on the new position September 1. He will be based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and report to senior sales vice president Tomas […]

July 29, 2016