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Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric concept trucks

|Date: December 11, 2019

Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric concept trucks

How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for trans ...

How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for transport continues to increase? Volvo Trucks, having recently started sales of electric trucks for ...

December 11, 2019
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Stokey Plant Hire Ltd opts for Volvo’s flagship EC750E excavator

|Date: December 04, 2019

Stokey Plant Hire Ltd opts for Volvo’s flagship EC750E excavator

Adding to an extensive plant hire fleet, Telford-based Stokey Plant Hire Ltd has opted for a seventy-five ...

Adding to an extensive plant hire fleet, Telford-based Stokey Plant Hire Ltd has opted for a seventy-five tonne Volvo EC750E excavator, which will be deployed on bulk earthmoving projects within the a ...

December 04, 2019
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Gordon Bow Plant Hire add to ten Volvo EC140E excavators to fleet

|Date: December 02, 2019

Gordon Bow Plant Hire add to ten Volvo EC140E excavators to fleet

Volvo SMT have supplied ten new Volvo EC140E excavators fully kitted with Miller Scoop buckets and PowerL ...

Volvo SMT have supplied ten new Volvo EC140E excavators fully kitted with Miller Scoop buckets and PowerLatch couplers to Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd. Based in West Lothian, Scotland, Gordon Bow Plant H ...

December 02, 2019
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First Volvo EC60E goes to G A Henderson Plant Contractors

|Date: November 28, 2019

First Volvo EC60E goes to G A Henderson Plant Contractors

G A Henderson Plant Contractors of Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, has bagged the very first Volvo EC60E ...

G A Henderson Plant Contractors of Aberfeldy, Perth & Kinross, has bagged the very first Volvo EC60E to be sold in Great Britain. The six tonne compact excavator has been supplied by SMT GB’s util ...

November 28, 2019
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Mackness Contracting expands with new Volvo FH Flagship

|Date: November 05, 2019

Mackness Contracting expands with new Volvo FH Flagship

Stansted-based operator Mackness Contracting has reacted to increased demand within the business by takin ...

Stansted-based operator Mackness Contracting has reacted to increased demand within the business by taking delivery of a new Volvo FH 8x2 rigid. This latest addition to the company’s fleet will be use ...

November 05, 2019
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Volvo Approved Used machines ‘just as reliable as new’

|Date: November 04, 2019

Volvo Approved Used machines ‘just as reliable as new’

Anders Sjöström, used equipment manager for Volvo CE Sales Region EMEA, explains how choosing Volvo Appro ...

Anders Sjöström, used equipment manager for Volvo CE Sales Region EMEA, explains how choosing Volvo Approved Used machines are as beneficial for a fleet as brand new machines. Why might someone consid ...

November 04, 2019
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Invest a little to save a lot with Volvo Active Care

|Date: October 28, 2019

Invest a little to save a lot with Volvo Active Care

Product support director Aram Ibrahim talks Volvo Active Care and why the service is essential for machin ...

Product support director Aram Ibrahim talks Volvo Active Care and why the service is essential for machine uptime. What is Volvo Active Care? Volvo Active Care is a monitoring service. We monitor the ...

October 28, 2019
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3 ways idling machines affect profitability

|Date: September 16, 2019

3 ways idling machines affect profitability

When a piece of construction equipment is idling, not only is it not contributing to production, it’s als ...

When a piece of construction equipment is idling, not only is it not contributing to production, it’s also costing you money. 1. Increased fuel costs Fuel is a major cost for every construction equipm ...

September 16, 2019
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Chepstow Plant International signs deal with SMT GB to supply a fleet of premium Volvo machines

|Date: September 11, 2019

Chepstow Plant International signs deal with SMT GB to supply a fleet of premium Volvo machines

Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 103 machines for its mineral ...

Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 103 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet. The deal sees Chepstow Plant International continuing to gr ...

September 11, 2019
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A fleet of 32 new Volvo trucks are better by design for D Morgan plc

|Date: September 04, 2019

A fleet of 32 new Volvo trucks are better by design for D Morgan plc

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire-based, D Morgan plc has added 32 new Volvo trucks to its fleet. The vehicles ben ...

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire-based, D Morgan plc has added 32 new Volvo trucks to its fleet. The vehicles benefit from a number of new design innovations and industry-leading accident prevention features, ...

September 04, 2019
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