Volvo plans launch of backhoe loaders in India

Chennai : Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), part of the Volvo Group, is betting big on India for growing its equipment business. The company, which has just launched ‘Made in India’ excavators, is actively exploring the opportunities to launch backhoe loader in Indian market, a top company executive said.

“Presently, Volvo does not have backhoe loader in its portfolio for India. This is one product that is missing in our basket. However, we are presently studying the Indian market for launching this product. We have no definite timeframe to bring it here and take a decision at an appropriate time," Vincent Tan, president of Volvo CE, Asia Region said.

Backhoe loaders are used for a wide variety of tasks like construction, small demolitions, and light transportation of building materials, powering building equipment, digging holes/excavation, landscaping, breaking asphalt and paving roads among others.