Digital tools have the potential to reshape construction, helping customers to run more efficient, productive, safe and sustainable operations. Transtone SA, a valued customer of Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) based in Belgium, has transformed its operations with Volvo CE’s productivity services, Connected Map and Performance Indicator.
Volvo CE plans to acquire specialist firm CeDe Group, based in Malmo, Sweden. CeDe modifies construction machines for use in special applications, adapting equipment in low volumes. The deal is for an undisclosed sum and will include CeDe’s intellectual property, operations and other assets. As the annual volumes produced are relatively low, the deal will have no major effect on Volvo CE’s financial position.
CeDe Group works for several leading OEMs, including Volvo CE and its dealers. Its adaptations inc
A UK-based “Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey” has proved so successful that its backers believe it has started to change government policy and attitudes to the country’s road maintenance plan. ALARM, which is backed by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), has encouraged the UK government to introduce a new long-term 5-year £1 billion road maintenance funding plan and its findings are being openly used by senior members of the Cabinet said Rick Ashton, market development manager at Tota
Next year Volvo CE will be testing electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles in a quarry. Carl Slotte, head of sales for EMEA, says no company by itself will win market share.
David Arminas reports from Germany
The driver of the charter bus stood outside the hotel in Trier, Germany, and waved at a passing local city bus. “I know the driver,” he told one of the assembled journalists waiting for the group’s ride to the nearby Volvo CE plant. “He is retired but they brought him back because young people th
