Workers recently celebrated the 50-year history of a heavy-equipment factory in Pennsylvania.
Ingersoll-Rand hired 50 people at a factory in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; Today, Volvo Construction Equipment employs more than 650 people at the factory. The factory and its staff celebrated their 50th anniversary on September 12 and were joined through AEM Manufacturing Express as part of their members’ tour.
Ingersoll-Rand workers circa 1974. Volvo Construction Equipment
According to Volvo CE:
Staff organized a bus tour of the AEM Manufacturing Express Equipment Manufacturers Association to celebrate the milestone on Thursday. The festivities included a barbecue, games on the lawn and the sharing of stories from the past five decades.
“We have invested heavily in our facilities, staff and facilities here in Shippensburg. The work done at this site has a significant effect on our customers, our industry and the local community,” said Gustavo Casagrandi, site operations manager. “It is gratifying to meet today to reflect on all this. “
Combining this birthday party with the stopover in the natural MEA.
“We’re proud AEM members, so this is a great way to celebrate our employees’ contributions to the construction and manufacturing industries,” said Casagrandi.
The “AEM Manufacturing Express” is an interactive mobile tour visiting 80 member manufacturers across 20 states. It’s the largest public engagement initiative in the association’s history, designed to celebrate the U.S. equipment manufacturing industry and the 2.3 million workers who help “build, power and feed the world.”
“We are thrilled to be a part of this 50th anniversary birthday event alongside the network’s leaders and supporters,” said Megan Tanel, president of AEM. “This excursion has been a wonderful opportunity to tell the stories of others in our industry. “
The AEM and Volvo groups invited local policymakers to the occasion to raise awareness of the bipartisan policies of the appliance manufacturing industry and its employees.
For more than 50 years, road structures and general porter structures have been manufactured at the Shippensburg plant, starting with compactors, which remain a priority. Proximity to Interstate 81, a major production and distribution hall, and a highly professional worker base made the sector attractive to the Volvo Group, which acquired it in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Ingersoll-Rand’s road traffic department.
Volvo has made significant investments over the past 17 years, adding a $30 million investment in 200,000 square feet. In addition to the production of wheel loaders, soil compactors and asphalt compactors, the operations have a regional excavator that completes the medium and a Used Apparatus Reconstruction Center. It is the North American sales and marketing headquarters, a center for purchasing and supply management, and the design and engineering center for compaction apparatus.
Volvo’s Customer Experience Centre and 40-acre test floor opened in 2014 and house a demonstration fleet of more than 70 aircraft spanning the company’s full product range. In 2023, a wing of the technical education center added device maintenance bays and study rooms where intermediary technicians and sales groups can learn about Volvo’s newest devices and technologies, adding electrical appliances. The site welcomes more than 10,000 Volvo CE intermediaries and consumers annually.
For more than 50 years, the Shippensburg plant has been manufacturing general-purpose road structures and structural appliances, with compactors, which remain a priority. Volvo Construction Equipment
Volvo CE collaborates with Franklin County Career
“It is an honor to work in such a prestigious location and to continue sharing Volvo’s commitment to training, safety and sustainability with our community,” said Casagrandi. “I can’t wait to see what the next 50 years will bring to our people. ” and our industry. “
History of the Shippensburg Site
1974: Start of production of structural apparatus with compaction products.
1980: 46,000 square feet. Improves machining, fabrication and welding capabilities.
1988: A 38,000-square-foot building. Expansion of meeting space.
1992: A domain of 54,000 feet. Expansion backrest increases meeting space.
1993: The 49,000-sq.-ft. main office is built.
1998: A 21,000-sq.-ft. expansion provides more space for drum manufacturing.
2007: Volvo CE acquires the site from Ingersoll-Rand.
2010: $30 million, 200,000 feet. The expansion of the plant is completed.
2011: Americas region sales and marketing moves on-site.
2013: The wheel loader line comes into operation.
2013: A new office expansion is inaugurated.
2014: Volvo Customer Experience Center opened.
2023: The Technical Training Center opens.
2024: Volvo and AEM celebrate 50 years of appliance production in Shippensburg.