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Developing a new range of tunnelling machines

A new agreement between Volvo and Sweden's CeDe Group will see a new range of tunneling machines coming to the market.
April 5, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A deal between Volvo and Swedish firm CeDe will see the specialist company building tunnelling versions of Volvo excavators
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A new agreement between Volvo and Sweden's CeDe Group will see a new range of tunneling machines coming to the market.

Under the deal, 2394 Volvo will supply part-manufactured machines which 2694 CeDe will then adapt to meet the specialist requirements of the tunneling industry.

Available first in Finland, Denmark and Norway, the new specialist machines will be distributed through the Volvo Construction Equipment dealership network in Europe.

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