Volvo CE reports strong financial performance on the back of healthy sales. The firm says that improvements in the key European and North American markets, coupled with a strong focus on its service business, volume flexibility in the industrial system and tight cost control have helped the company to deliver a good all round performance in its second quarter 2019 results.
Net sales in the second quarter increased by 10%, amounting to SEK 26.814 billion, compared with SEK 24.403 billion in Q2 2018. Operati
In the Scottish highland Isle of Mull, TSL Contractors has made a significant purchase of Volvo Construction Equipment products only a year after buying its first Volvo excavator.
The company, based in the town of Craignure, will use the machines for building roads as part of the business’s many hydroelectric contracts.
New machinery includes 14tonne EC140D excavators, three 22tonne EC220E and one EC300 30tonne excavators, as well as two A25G articulated haulers. TSL managing director Andrew Knight sa
Volvo Construction Equipment is offering machine simulators that are said to provide a valuable training resource for wheel loader, articulated hauler and excavator operators of all skill levels. The firm also has a new twin seat cab designed to help train grader operators. The sophisticated simulators feature advanced 3D-graphics and use the same controls that are fitted to Volvo machines. Operators sit in the simulator cab and are set to work on various tasks on a plasma projection screen in front of them
