Press releases 2009
| The inaugural Demolition Awards, held in Amsterdam, saw Volvo Construction Equipment’s Standard Demolition Package walk away with an Innovation Award. |
| After a successful small scale pilot, production of BL60 and BL70 backhoe loaders has been substantially increased at Volvo Construction Equipment’s new manufacturing facilities in Tultitlan, Mexico, |
| The 2009 Shanghai Municipality Quality Award has been presented to Volvo Construction Equipment’s Chinese operations for its quality management systems and business processes. |
| 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. |
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