Tag: Shippensburg

Construction Equipment
JLG celebrates manufacturing 250,000th telescopic boom lift
JLG manufactured the world's first self-propelled telescopic boom lift in 1970. Check out its 250,000th boom lift produced in North America here.
October 26, 2018
JLG 250K Boom
Dealers
Volvo CE promotes McCall to VP of key accounts
McCall has been with Volvo for 12 years, previously serving as government, sales and marketing manager and will now report to the president of the Americas region.
June 22, 2018
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Telematics
Volvo CE says ActiveCare Direct service takes “the noise out of telematics data”
Almost all of the customers who had a year of the service for free have re-enrolled in the company’s ActiveCare Direct fee-based subscription service. More here.
June 1, 2018
Volvo L70H wheel loader
Roadbuilding
SDLG to make backhoes, motor graders; machines will no longer have Volvo brand
Volvo Construction Equipment announced its Chinese SDLG division will now manufacture its backhoes and motor graders, and the Volvo brand would be discontinued for both products. Volvo says it will discontinue product development and production of these products in both North America and Europe, resulting in a workforce reduction of 1,000 employees in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania […]
November 14, 2014
Volvo BL70 backhoe
Roadbuilding
Volvo expects 6,000 visitors in next year at new 20,000-square-foot North American Customer Center
More than 6,000 customers, operators and dealers are expected to visit Volvo’s Shippensburg, Pa.-based Customer Center in its first year. The new facility on Monday hosted ribbon cutting ceremonies by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall and Sen. Richard Alloway (R-Pa.). […]
June 27, 2014
Volvo’s 20,000-square-foot Customer Center will conduct more than 20,000 hours of Road Institute, sales and operator instructor-led training, with an additional 40,000 hours of dealer technician training.
Construction Equipment
Inside Volvo’s new customer center: 70+ pieces of equipment to test drive and a rugged work truck test track (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[imagebrowser id=100] More than 6,000 customers, operators and dealers are expected to visit Volvo’s Shippensburg, Pennsylvania-based Customer Center in its first year, a new facility that on Monday hosted ribbon cutting ceremonies with guests Congressman Bill Shuster, Congressman Lou Barletta, Congressman Scott Perry, Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall and Pennsylvania State Senator […]
June 25, 2014
Volvo CE Shippensburg customer center
Roadbuilding
Guest Blog: A new deal
With the housing market showing signs of new life and public infrastructure spending high on the agenda, it’s possible to believe that the long, nuclear winter of recession in road-building may just be drawing to an end. In May, monthly home sales hit their highest level since July 2008. According to a Standard & Poor […]
July 29, 2013
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Business
Transportation Sec. LaHood: Volvo’s first U.S.-made wheel loader a sign of confidence in American economy, workers
Last week, we watched as the first American made Volvo wheel loader (an L60G) rolled off the line at the company’s expanded Shippensburg, Pennsylvania plant. As we noted in our report,  Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez was in attendance also. Yesterday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took to his blog to discuss Volvo’s decision. Of […]
March 26, 2013
U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood (far right) and Highway Transportation Administrator Victor Mendez (second from left) on a tour of a Volvo production facility. Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafström is on the far left and olvo Construction Equipment’s head of American sales Göran Lindgren is second from the right.
Roadbuilding
Volvo unveils commemorative L60G loader at Shippensburg expansion celebration
Our sister publication, Equipment World, reported on Volvo’s celebration of its $100 million plant expansion in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The celebration took place Thursday, when Volvo unveiled a commemorative L60G wheel loader donning an American flag on one side and a Canadian flag on the other. Volvo said it will produce its L60, L70 and L90 […]
March 22, 2013
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Business
Volvo celebrates Shippensburg plant expansion with commemorative L60G wheel loader
“This is really about Volvo’s ongoing commitment to North American market,” said Pat Olney, president, Volvo Construction Equipment in remarks made during Thursday’s inauguration of Volvo’s $100 million plant expansion in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Before a crowd of dignitaries, including Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, Volvo unveiled a commemorative L60G wheel loader, sporting American flag cladding […]
March 22, 2013
Volvo L60G commemorative unveiling
Roadbuilding
Volvo debuts Shippensburg addition
Volvo Construction Equipment has opened a $30 million expansion to its Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, plant. The 20,000-square foot addition will add motor grader manufacturing capabilities, transferred to Shippensburg from a plant in Goderich, Ontario. The expansion also includes a materials service center.
July 6, 2010
Construction Equipment
Volvo debuts Shippensburg addition
Volvo Construction Equipment has opened a $30 million expansion to its Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, plant. The 20,000-square foot addition will add motor grader manufacturing capabilities, transferred to Shippensburg from a plant in Goderich, Ontario. The expansion also includes a materials service center.
July 6, 2010
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