Press releases North America

Sharply lower global demand, especially in the mining sector, weighs on first quarter 2013 results at Volvo CE. But with improved profitability over the previous quarter and inventories now in balance, the company has increased production to meet the spring selling season.

Volvo Construction Equipment President Pat Olney used his bauma 2013 press conference speech to unveil the company’s Stage IV/Tier 4 Final emissions technology – a system comprehensively tested in thousands of hours of field trials and already proven in over a million on-highway Volvo Trucks.

Volvo Trucks will now offer Volvo I-Shift transmission fluid, a fully synthetic SAE 75W-80 transmission lubricant, engineered specifically for the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission.

Volvo Penta today announced an agreement with Sullair to supply Tier 4 interim diesel engines to power their line of portable air compressors.

Volvo Penta today announced the introduction of a new heavy-duty cooling package and new-design cabling harness that will substantially improve the performance of Volvo Penta engines in extremely harsh and dusty working environments.

Sandvik Construction has selected Volvo Penta power-generation engines for its new electric-powered track-mounted tertiary crushers.

World-leading OEMs have signed supply agreements for Volvo Penta Tier 4/Final off-road diesel engines, with deliveries starting next year. With the strength of the Volvo Group's overall service and product offering, Volvo Penta conquers more and more global customers in the off-road segment.

Volvo Construction Equipment introduces a range of tailored buckets and hydraulic breakers designed to perform flawlessly with its range of compact and general purpose excavators.

Volvo Construction Equipment demonstrates its expertise in personalized solutions with an expanding line of innovative customer solutions tailored to increase availability throughout a machine’s lifecycle. And don’t miss the expanded range of Volvo Attachments that will be presented at bauma 2013.

Volvo Trucks reveals the new Volvo FMX at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany. The new construction truck is loaded with innovations that benefit haulers as well as drivers.