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Compact
construction equipment
Skidsteer loaders
Road machinery
Asphalt milling machines
Heavy
construction equipment
Backhoe loaders Compaction equipmentWheeled excavators Wheel loaders
Wheel loaders Crawler excavators Articulated haulers Motor graders
Crawler excavators PaversCrawler excavators from Lingong Lingong wheel loaders
Construction equipment
Volvo Construction Equip-
ment develops, manufactures
and markets equipment for
construction and related
industries under the brands
Volvo and SDLG. Its products
are leaders in many world
markets, and include a com-
prehensive range of wheel
loaders, hydraulic wheeled
and crawler excavators,
articulated haulers, road
machinery and a wide range
of compact equipment.
Industrial enginesMarine engines
Engines for boats and
industrial applications
Volvo Penta manufactures
engines and drive systems
for both leisure boats and
commercial craft, with an
engine range of 10 to 900 hp
and has a global service net-
work of approximately 4,000
dealers. Volvo Penta also
supplies industrial engines
ranging from 75 kW to
640 kW for container hand-
ling, mining equipment and
other industrial applications.
All over the world, Volvo CE
is a leading provider when
customers want to buy super-
ior construction equipment.
Expanded partnership with WWF
During 2012 Volvo CE and Volvo Buses joined the Volvo
Group’s cooperation with WWF Climate Savers. The coopera-
tion is based on the Volvo Group’s commitment to reduce car-
bon-dioxide emissions by 30 million tons from construction
equipment, buses and trucks manufactured through 2014
compared to a baseline of 2008. The Volvo Group’s company,
SDLG, becomes the first-ever Chinese company to be a mem-
ber of Climate Savers.
Climate Savers involves multinational companies in the
battle to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. The results will be
reviewed by independent technical experts. The agreed target
must be more ambitious than the company would have set on
its own, and must also signify that the company is leading its
sector in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
In autumn 2010, the Volvo Group became the world’s
first automotive manufacturer to join Climate Savers.
In addition, Volvo Buses has also committed to expand
the number of field tests with plug-in hybrid buses during the
commitment period. The plug-in technology has excellent
fuel-savings potential for city buses. During the development
of fuel-saving technology, Volvo Construction Equipment will
prepare a new prototype with additionally improved fuel per-
formance, compared with existing models.
The agreement between Volvo and WWF also states that:
• Volvo will develop a new truck prototype with 20% lower
fuel consumption than a corresponding truck manufactured
in 2008.
• Prior to 2014, Volvo will offer the commercial market trucks
that operate on renewable gas.
• The Volvo Group will also reduce carbon-dioxide emissions
from its production plants by 0.2 million tons (12%) before
2014, com-
pared with
2008.
Financial services
Financial solutions such as customer financing and leasing,
dealer financing, and other fee-based products such as
insurance, contribute to the Volvo Group total solution
offering by creating customer value such as convenience,
speed and peace of mind. Providing attractive
financial solutions and other
support services is essential
to meeting today’s high
customer demands, and to
attracting and retaining
Volvo Group custom-
ers.
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