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National Post
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- National Post
Volvo Construction Equipment to Expand Production in North America
Article content As part of a larger global industrial footprint investment to support growing customer demand, Volvo Construction Equipment will begin producing crawler excavators and large wheel loaders in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Article content Shippensburg will add capabilities to produce mid- to large-size excavators, thereby increasing its global industrial footprint and improving flexibility. The total global investment of $261 million aims to strengthen Volvo CE's crawler excavator position across three main production sites in South Korea, Sweden and the United States. In addition, the Shippensburg site will add four large wheel loader models to its current wheel loader production. Production is planned to begin in the first half of 2026. Article content Article content SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is making a significant investment to expand production worldwide. For crawler excavators, three main sites will see approximately $261 million invested to expand crawler excavator production to meet growing customer demands, mitigate supply chain risks and reduce reliance on long-distance logistics. These sites include Shippensburg, Penn., USA; Changwon, South Korea; and a location in Sweden. Article content In Shippensburg, Volvo CE will not only add crawler excavator production but also expand wheel loader production to include large wheel loaders. Currently, soil and asphalt compactors and mid-size wheel loaders are manufactured at the Shippensburg factory. Article content Updates will be made to the existing space within the factory to install assembly lines, integrate more automation technologies into the manufacturing process and train employees, with the goal to be production-ready in the first half of 2026. Article content Investment aims to bolster global machine availability Article content In a rapidly evolving market, strategically enhancing production capacity and flexibility will allow the OEM to meet current and future customer demands more effectively, according to Melker Jernberg, Head of Volvo CE. Article content 'We must respond to growing demand, and we're excited to expand our facilities to serve our customers better,' said Jernberg. 'This investment underscores our commitment to quality and innovation, allowing us to deliver even greater value.' Article content By expanding production capabilities in key markets, Volvo CE will reduce dependency on any single site and become less reliant on long-distance logistics. Supply chain risks will also be mitigated by expanding domestic supplier bases, allowing the OEM to more nimbly manage any economic or regulatory challenges. Article content Jernberg says that fostering collaboration with local suppliers and customers will better position the company for sustained growth and innovation without compromising the high standards that Volvo CE equipment is known for. Article content North America to see reduced lead times and improved machine supply Article content 'Bringing excavator production to North America and growing the range of wheel loader models built here has always been part of our long-term industrial plan, so it's exciting to finally share this news with our employees, dealers and customers,' said Scott Young, Head of Region North America. 'This increase in production capacity means that over 50% of our North American machine supply can be built here in Shippensburg, resulting in shorter lead times while also creating opportunities for supplier growth.' Article content Volvo CE acquired the Shippensburg site in 2007 from Ingersoll Rand and relocated its regional headquarters there in 2012. On top of recent investments, Volvo CE will invest approximately $40 million locally over the next five years. Today's announcement is a win for central Pennsylvania, as it shows the company's continued commitment to the local community and its economic vitality. Article content [For additional photos, Article content .] Article content Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is a leading international manufacturer of premium construction equipment, and with over 10,000 employees, it is one of the largest companies in the industry. Volvo CE offers a wide range of products and services in more than 140 countries through its global distribution network. Volvo CE is part of the Volvo Group. The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase customers' uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, employs more than 101,000 people and serves customers in almost 190 markets. In 2024, net sales amounted to SEK 527 billion (EUR 46 billion). Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Questions? Contact Amy Crouse. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content LinkedIn: Article content Volvo Construction Equipment Article content Article content Facebook: Article content @VolvoCENA Article content Article content Instagram: Article content @VolvoCE_NA Article content Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Sport
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Trio of champions pace Little Lions to AAA title
SHIPPENSBURG, PA (WTAJ) — A trio of state champion Little Lions paced the way for State College who won a AAA state championship Saturday at the PIAA Track & Field Championships. The Little Lions Boys team tallied 53 team points, 25 more than second place Palmyra did finishing, in what was a dominant team performance. Senior Adam Bell, a Navy signee, cleared 15-feet, 6-inches in the AAA Boys Pole Vault, a second try clearance that helped him edge Northampton's Andrew Szeplaki after neither managed to get over the 16-foot bar. It was Bell who got the winning started for the Little Lions and Jesse Myers who capped it off. In the AAA 200-meter dash, Jesse Myers, took gold in the 200-meter dash, running a 21.05 second race. The senior's win was an exclamation point on State High's boy's title as it was the third gold of the day, but the only in track. Nathan Haas won the AAA boys javelin with a throw of 204-feet-4-inches. It was a final throw attempt helped the senior jump over Whitehall's Thomas Lloyd into first. Lloyd and Haas were the only throws to eclipse the 200-foot mark. State High was the only area team to win team hardware, but not the only team with a state champion. Conemaugh Township's Baylee Sleek was the only girl in the AA high jump to clear 5-foot-8-inches and she did so in her first try, winning the event. The junior edged Quaker Valley junior Oumou Thiero by an inch in the event. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
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Bermudian Springs' Lily Carlson adds Class 3A state title, PIAA record to resume
Bermudian Springs senior Lily Carlson waited longer than it took for her to win her third PIAA gold medal. Because she passes through the lower heights, she's used to waiting for a while. She relaxes, talks with other competitors who are also her closest friends. She goes through her pole vault journal. Advertisement The competition took a wet turn just as Carlson was beginning to start her warmup routine. And then the clouds grew dark and the rain fell. The tarps came out and talks began about moving the event inside Shippensburg University's Heiges Field House. By the time grounds crew brought out blowers to dry off the runway, the rain came again. It took about 90 minutes before athletes were jumping again. Officials made the decision to wipe the slate clean for girls who had to vault in pouring rain before action was suspended. That included defending champion Veronica Vacca, who opted to start her competition at 12-0. She missed three straight tries and ended up no-heighting. All before Carlson had taken her first jump. Bermudian Springs' Lily Carlson celebrates after setting a state record in the 3A pole vault (14-0.25) during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Friday, May 23, 2025. "I definitely missed out on competing with her," Carlson said of going against Vacca. "I was really looking forward to jumping against her." Advertisement Nineteen minutes after the defending champion and record holder was eliminated, Carlson cleared 12-6 on her first attempt. Six minutes later the last competitor exhausted her attempts and Carlson had won a Class 3A title to go with two Class 2A gold medals. She might have lucked out by waiting to jump because she hadn't started to warm up. She was able to maintain her regular routine instead of having her flow interrupted. Carlson, who will compete at Texas A&M in the fall, completes her career with three District 3 pole vault championships, records in Class 2A and 3A, one Class 2A 100 hurdles title and three PIAA pole vault gold medals. Bermudian Springs' Lily Carlson celebrates after setting a state record in the 3A pole vault (14-0.25) during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Friday, May 23, 2025. And one PIAA record. Advertisement That came on her third attempt at 14-0.25 that broke Vacca's record of 14-0. When it was all said and done, and she missed three attempts to extend the record for 14-3, she credited her friends and people in the stands with helping her make history. "The crowd was absolutely amazing," Carlson said. "I love the excitement. I love the encouragement and everything. It helped me keep up my speed and do what I need to do." More on Carlson: Pole vaulting in the street, competing for native Austria on District 3 champ's bucket list Jumping to gold: New Oxford's Brayden Billman snares first state gold in Class 3A triple jump Advertisement Carlson said everything kind of stops when she clears a height. She sees the bar, hears the crowd and feels the energy. When she cleared 14-0.25, she looked to her family in the stands, her coaches along the fence then ran to her friends. It was clear as she met with media after the medal ceremony that the titles and medals weren't on the horizon when she started on this journey as a freshman. "When I came to VaultWorx after my freshman year, my coach was like, 'yeah, you're going to jump 13 feet. That's going to be the bar to get,'" she said with a laugh. "And then last year, it was 14. So it's been a process. When I started I had no idea what I was getting into. I thought I was terrible for the first year. "And then it all kind of came together. It's been absolutely phenomenal." Advertisement Asked when she thought she will come down from this high, she thinks maybe a week. Before it happens though, there will be celebratory chocolate ice cream and various desserts. And graduation. After that, she's off to new challenges and new heights. This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Bermudian Springs Lily Carlson breaks PIAA pole vault record
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
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New Oxford's Brayden Billman adds long jump medal to PIAA Class 3A triple jump gold
Brayden Billman was expected to win a state gold medal. He was the top seed in the Class 3A long jump and triple jump after winning both titles in the District 3 meet. The New Oxford junior did not disappoint. Advertisement Billman edged the competition in the PIAA triple jump in the first day of competition at Shippensburg University by hitting 47 feet, 5 inches. He finished fifth in the long jump on Day 2. Billman was hoping to improve on his triple jump PR at districts, but ended up hitting it on the head at 47-10.25. "So, we have plenty of room to improve," he said after receiving his district gold. "Plenty of room to improve." That improvement didn't come on a drizzly morning with temps hovering in the 50s. Not exactly ideal jumping weather, but Billman said it's something you just have to put out of your mind. Advertisement "I want to say it's difficult [to jump in these conditions]," he said, "but really it's just a mindset. You handle it or not. I can handle it whatever the weather is, cold, hot, raining, blizzard, it doesn't matter." More: Bermudian Springs' Lily Carlson adds Class 3A state title, PIAA record to resume Billman was the last jumper to start his event. He stood around for more than an hour, stretching, warming up and running through his approach. It turns out he could have stopped after his first jump. As a half-dozen competitors fouled in front of him, Billman hit his winning jump on his first attempt. He tried to replicate that, but only came as close as 47-1 on his last jump. Advertisement He thought he would have to do better than 47-5. "Honestly, I didn't think it was going to hold up," Billman said. "I thought either [Xavier] Midder or Jonah [Stucchio] was gonna pop out one there. But surprisingly it held up." Grove City's Stucchio popped a 47-1.75 on his last jump to finish second and Midder 45-10.25 to take third. Billman said winning gold helps wash out the bitter taste from last year when he didn't jump his best and finished off of the podium. It was the motivation that pushed his workouts in the offseason and in preparing for this year's meet. Billman admitted to not having the pop he needed in Saturday's long jump, but he was thrilled to come away with another state medal. New Oxford's Brayden Billman competes toward gold in the 3A triple jump during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Friday, May 23, 2025. And like he did in the triple jump, he hit his best distance on his first attempt. Advertisement "I don't know what it is," he said about his successful first jumps. "The adrenaline hits me, and I just go farther." Reading's Xavier Beatty, who finished second to Billman in the District 3 meet, hit 24-4 on his fifth attempt to win gold. Downingtown West's Andrew Ernst was the only other entrant to pass 24 feet at 24-0.75. Billman is already looking ahead to the start of football season but the three-sport athlete isn't quite finished with track and field. He still has the New Balance nationals in June, where he's qualified for long and triple jump. This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: PIAA track and field: New Oxford senior wins Class 3A triple jump gold
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
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Dallastown's Jalen Cook 'has no words' after setting PIAA high jump record
Call him Mr. Pennsylvania High Jump. No, seriously. He could go by that. He's earned the right. As the PIAA Track and Field Championships were winding down at Shippensburg University, Dallastown's Jalen Cook was heating up. Advertisement He cleared 6-9 to win the Class 3A gold medal when the two remaining jumpers ran out of attempts. He cleared 7-1 to top his personal best of 7-0 and break the 40-year-old PIAA record of 7-0.25. That jump attracted attention. Athletes, officials and media surrounded the high jump area on the infield. Fans crowded in the stands turned their attention his way and started clapping. Officials moved the bar to 7-3. The other medalists went over as a group to see just how high that was. It wasn't too high for Cook, who became the first high school jumper in Pennsylvania to hit 7-3 in a sanctioned meet. The bar went to 7-5. And even without a word from the public address announcer ― and a four-restart saga happening on the track less than 50 feet away ― the buzz was about Cook and his jump. Advertisement And he nearly made it. As the cherry on this proverbial sundae, this was Cook's first time at a PIAA meet. It was his first year in high jump. His first in track and field. Jalen Cook's parents celebrate with the Dallastown senior after he cleared 7-3 to set a state record in the high jump during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Saturday, May 24, 2025. 'I don't think we ever thought of him participating in track because it was always just football and basketball,' his mother, Danielle, said. 'And football workouts start in January. We knew he was fast, we knew he could jump. But this just totally came out of the blue.' His dad, Terry, said track had always been a 'hard no.' As his son's football coach, those workouts came first. 'He decided it was something he really wanted to do with his friends, so we said just go for it,' Terry Cook said. 'It's his last year, senior year, have fun. And then it turned into something greater than we ever thought it could be.' Advertisement Jalen Cook is still a football player first. He is going to East Stroudsburg to play the sport, but after Saturday's performance, it wouldn't be a surprise if he started to hear from some major college track and field programs. If it works out, he could jump for the Warriors. He said the goal all along was to hit 7-3. Dallastown's Jalen Cook clears 7-3 to become the all-time Pennsylvania high jump record holder during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Saturday, May 24, 2025. 'My coach stood out before [the event] and said, 'You got to get up today,'' Jalen said. 'And he was like, 'I'll be disappointed if you don't get 7-3.' So, really, it was more as a joke than it was an actual thing.' Until it became an actual thing. And the thing, the atmosphere, the attempts, weren't something Jalen had experienced. Especially the support from his opponents. He noticed it at districts, but it went to a new height at states. Advertisement 'None of us are best friends,' he said. 'None of us know each other all the time. We don't talk all the time, but they obviously had my back the whole time down there. We're all smiling and laughing throughout the whole thing. It's amazing to have them out there with me because I couldn't go to my coach. But having them out there is like a substitute.' Only athletes and officials are allowed on the infield during competition, so any coaching has to be done from across the track and from the other side of the fence. He even had to get permission to cross the track and see his parents after he cleared 7-3. 'I wasn't going to make him talk to his mom from across the track,' the head high jump official said. 'So, I walked him over.' Advertisement Jalen's jump at 7-3 wasn't clean. The bar wobbled, which must have been why there was such a look of disbelief on his face when he bounced off the mat and saw it was still up. Dallastown's Jalen Cook celebrates with competitors after becoming the all-time Pennsylvania high jump record holder during the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on Saturday, May 24, 2025. He ran to his opponents. One by one they congratulated him. His bright smile got wider with each high five, handshake and hug. There was shock, but genuine enjoyment. 'There's just not words,' Jalen said of seeing the bar in place. 'I couldn't form a sentence after that. It's just like pure happiness getting over that, and as soon as you land, looking up and seeing it's still there. It's just happiness.' Jalen will have another chance to add to his record as a high school athlete when he competes at the New Balance Nationals at the University of Pennsylvania in June. He'll be competing on his 18th birthday. Advertisement 'The expectation is to keep climbing,' he said. 'That's always been the goal since we started. As soon as we got over a high one, we said try and go higher. Keep going higher and stay consistent with what we're doing.' Shelly Stallsmith covers York-Adams high school sports for GameTimePA and the USAToday Network. Connect with her by email mstallsmith@ or on X, formerly Twitter, @ShelStallsmith. This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: PIAA track and field: Dallastown senior snares high jump gold as rookie
