Volvo Trucks
Volvo Truck Nation keeps on trucking for ten years
2009 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of Volvo Truck Nation – the club for operators, drivers and enthusiasts - created by Volvo Trucks in response to requests from drivers who wanted an enthusiasts’ organisation that also catered for the professional trucker.
VISTA enters the final leg
VISTA - Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ worldwide competition and training initiative for workshop personnel - has now moved past the semi-finals and into the final leg.
Volvo FL wins Fleet Vehicle of the Year award
The Volvo FL has won the 2009 ‘Fleet Vehicle of the Year’ award in the Fleet Awards Polska ‘Trucks’ category. The award was jointly organised by the Fleet Management Institute in Poland and the trade magazine ‘Flota’.
I J Webb and Sons’ top tipper also transports plant
Aggregate recyclers, I J Webb and Sons has taken delivery of their first-ever Volvo truck - a bespoke FM-440 8x4 tipper with reinforced sub frame chassis, air suspension and a VBG coupling to enable the utilisation of a trailer.
World’s strongest in construction - Volvo Trucks at Intermat 2009
From the world’s most powerful series-production truck to its new, fuel-efficient engines and a new generation of the Volvo I-Shift automated gear-changing system, Volvo Trucks is further strengthening its position in the construction market by exhibiting at the Intermat 2009 Show in Paris (20-25 April).
UK’s largest papermaker chooses Volvo
AAG Distribution, a wholly-owned subsidiary of St Regis Paper Co. Ltd. of Maidenhead, Berks has purchased 12 new Volvo FH-480 6x2 tractor units, fitted with Volvo’s Dynafleet telematic system to complement their existing fleet of 150 vehicles and 575 trailers.
British Salt continue to replace their fleet with Volvo
Cheshire-based, British Salt has recently taken delivery of 11 new Volvo FM-440 6x2 tractor units to replace the majority of their 13-strong fleet. The purchase, which is part of a two-year vehicle replacement programme, allows the company to remain on target in becoming an all-Volvo fleet by the end of the year.
Volvo Trucks’ Accident Research Team celebrates 40th anniversary
This year Volvo Trucks’ Accident Research Team (ART) is celebrating forty years of research into safety issues. To a large extent, the work of the Accident Research Team laid the foundations for Volvo Trucks’ highly-respected reputation for safety.
Productive news in Volvo’s chassis range
Volvo Trucks is offering customers a newly-expanded range of air-suspended bogie variants and front axles offering better manoeuvrability and greater comfort for rear-end heavy tippers, mixers, tankers, crane applications and roll-off skip-loaders, amongst others.
Adnams Brewery Ales’ new Volvo FL with I-Sync is no small beer
Award-winning Suffolk brewery Adnams has taken delivery of a new Volvo FL 18 tonne, 4x2 rigid, which is among the UK’s first to feature the new I-Sync automated transmission.
VISTA reaches the semi-final stage
VISTA – Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ worldwide competition and training programme for aftermarket, parts and service personnel – has now reached the regional semi-finals, which are being held at seven locations over five continents.
Murphy Commercials joins Volvo Truck and Bus Dealer Network
Murphy Commercials, of Cloughaun, Claregalway, Co. Galway, Ireland, have been appointed to the Volvo Truck and Bus Dealer Network and will provide the full range of Volvo parts, service and repairs from their ten-bay facility on the N17.
New Volvo drivelines increase power and decrease fuel consumption
In January Volvo Trucks launched the world’s most powerful truck, with a power output of 700 hp. Now the company is renewing its entire driveline range. The result is higher power, up to three per cent lower fuel consumption and significantly lower emissions.
Volvo’s Trucks 100 times cleaner in 20 years
Volvo Trucks is now introducing a new generation of diesel engines with extremely low emissions of air pollutants. Over the past two decades, Volvo’s trucks have become 100 times cleaner.
New engine range from Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks is introducing a new range of engines and transmissions that give up to three per cent lower fuel consumption, three per cent lower carbon dioxide emissions, 40 per cent lower oxides of nitrogen emissions and higher power outputs.