Press releases 2009
| A movie screen made from ice harvested by Volvo machines will feature for the first time at the Stockholm International Film Festival next month. |
| Volvo’s latest PL4608 pipelayer has been awarded runner up prize in the New Technologies Award at this year’s annual International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors’ Association (IPLOCA) Convention, held in September in San Francisco. |
| Despite net sales at Volvo Construction Equipment declining in the third quarter of 2009, efficiency measures contributed to a 37% reduction in operating loss since the previous quarter. |
| Rudd Equipment Company, the authorized full line Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) dealer for all or part of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, has reached an agreement with Volvo CE to add Ohio to their territory. Volvo CE’s Ohio territory includes the entire state of Ohio, three counties in northern Kentucky and two counties in south-east Indiana. |
| August 13, 2009 (Asheville, NC) -- Volvo Construction Equipment Rents, Inc. (Volvo Rents) has announced the opening of a new Volvo Rents equipment rental center in Southborough, MA. It is the company’s second independently operated rental center in the state; the new center is co-located with an existing Volvo Construction Equipment & Services (VCES) operation at 300 Turnpike Road. |
| In late 2008, Volvo Construction Equipment entered into a strategic partnership with HUSS, LLC, to provide retrofit systems for Volvo construction equipment that will significantly reduce exhaust emissions. The HUSS MK system now has final approval from California for Volvo Tier 3 IEGR-equipped machines in that state. |
| Patrick Shannon, Vice President, Construction Equipment Finance, Volvo Financial Services North America, Greensboro, North Carolina, has been appointed Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer for Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Asheville, North Carolina. Shannon’s appointment is effective September 1, 2009. |
| Sharply lower global demand for construction equipment resulted in a weak second quarter of 2009 for Volvo Construction Equipment, with sales down 45%. |
| Volvo has a reputation for hard work, but the company isn’t afraid to let off a little steam once in a while (especially when it’s for a good cause). The Hardhat Comedy Series is a Volvo Rents charitable program that brings both comic and hunger relief by means of donations to the needy in cities and towns in the United States and Canada.
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| Volvo Construction Equipment North America will be partnering with the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity to sponsor a house building project this year in the Enka Hills neighborhood. |
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