Volvo Construction Equipment inaugurates Korean centre

Volvo Construction Equipment has inaugurated its state-of-the-art test and development centre in Hapcheon, Korea, near the company’s excavator manufacturing facility in Changwon. The new facility doubles the Volvo CE excavator testing capacity in Korea.

June 17, 2014 Read time: 1 min

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Volvo CE inaugurates driveline test facility

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has inaugurated its SEK 195 million (€20.43mn) state-of-the-art driveline test facility in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

The innovative new site is home to several test rigs that will test both electric and conventional drivelines and components. One of the test rigs – which allows all a machine’s wheels to be controlled and measured independently, enabling the entire electromobility driveline to be tested in a modular way – is thought to be the first of its kind in the indu

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Volvo CE aims for 35% of its machine sales to be electric by 2030. Image: Volvo CE

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The delivery of the South Korean government’s 2013 announced US$108.6 billion plans to develop road, rail and other transport infrastructure, the country’s staging of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and some eye-catching commercial construction projects alongside an increase in residential construction, is creating stronger domestic demand for aggregates and construction equipment, writes Guy Woodford.