Volvo Truck News

W W Truck and Bus Ltd. - trading as Wales and West Truck and Bus - are the new, independent Volvo truck and bus and Nissan LCV Dealer Group serving South and South-East Wales and parts of the West Country.

Pontrilas Timber, based in the village of Pontrilas, Herefordshire, have taken delivery of their first-ever Volvo trucks. The highly respected and well-known Herefordshire company has been family-owned and run since 1947.

Volvo Trucks’ deliveries during July amounted to 8,092 vehicles, up 14% compared with the year-earlier period. The increase is attributable to a high pace of deliveries to South America, Asia and Eastern Europe.

The Volvo Group has now finalized the deal with Eicher Motors for the establishment of a new Indian joint-venture company, VE Commercial Vehicles Limited.

W J Roadmarkings Ltd. of Stoke-on-Trent has taken delivery of a Volvo FM-420 eight-wheeler equipped with the UK’s first Hydroblaster high-pressure, water jetting body, which will be used to remove white lines from roads and aircraft tyre deposits from airport runways.

At the heart of Volvo Trucks’ stand at this year’s IAA Show in Hannover, Germany (25th Sept – 2nd Oct 2008) will be the new range of Volvo trucks. Here, for the first time outside Sweden, the general public will be able to experience the new trucks, both inside and out.

Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America have jointly formulated a plan for increasing the efficiency of their North American operations.

Karl Jones & Sons Ltd., an established forestry contractor based in Crumlin, near Newport in South Wales, has added a sixth truck - an FM-480 6x4 tractor, complete with forestry crane mounted behind the cab - to its all-Volvo fleet.

The Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, which is run jointly by AB Volvo and Volvo Car Corporation, recently re-opened after being extensively refurbished and extended since its original opening 13 years ago.

International cable manufacturer Draka UK Limited is in the process of renewing its in-house transport fleet with Volvo FE rigids.