Volvo Development Tools (Volvo CE) has unveiled 14 new or first-look fashions at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2026 in Las Vegas, with the debut of the EC560 — a brand new 56-tonne crawler excavator — headlining the corporate’s largest present presence in recent times.
The EC560 is on show at Volvo CE’s 55,000-square-foot Pageant Grounds sales space (F24029) forward of its deliberate industrial availability in early 2027. Designed for heavy infrastructure, quarry and aggregates, and large-scale building purposes, the machine is positioned to just accept the most important bucket in its measurement class.
EC560: efficiency targets
The EC560 joins Volvo CE’s modernised next-generation excavator sequence, bridging a spot between current measurement lessons. It options optimised electro-hydraulics and targets a 6 yd³ (4.6 m³) bucket capability, 3% extra digging power and 10% extra swing torque than present fashions within the vary, together with a heavier counterweight.
The machine additionally carries ahead the operator-centric cab design and redesigned human machine interface (HMI) launched throughout the next-generation platform.
“This mannequin is a direct response to buyer demand for a machine that provides the dimensions and energy for heavy manufacturing work together with the finesse, gasoline effectivity and luxury of our next-gen platform,” says Sejong Ko, product supervisor for giant excavators at Volvo CE. “It’s an excellent instance of how we’re rising this sequence to fulfill each problem our prospects face.”
Full specs are anticipated to be launched nearer to the machine’s industrial launch.
Broader lineup updates
The EC560 debut sits inside a wider portfolio refresh on the present. Since ConExpo 2023, Volvo CE has up to date greater than 35% of its machine lineup, with the largest modifications throughout excavators, wheel loaders and articulated haulers — segments that collectively account for round 70% of the worldwide building market.
Wheel loader updates on show vary from a brand new engine for the high-capacity L350 to enhancements throughout mid-size fashions, together with the L120 Electrical. Articulated dump vans additionally function prominently, with the flagship A50 on present alongside the North American launch of the SD70 soil compactor.
Attendees had been additionally in a position to function compact diesel and mid-size electrical excavators, together with the 23-tonne EC230 Electrical — with Volvo CE noting that operator suggestions persistently rated the electrical machine’s efficiency as assembly the calls for of heavy purposes.
“For the reason that final CONEXPO, we’ve renewed greater than a 3rd of our building gear lineup and introduced highly effective new machines to market — however the full buyer worth comes when these machines are mixed with our providers and digital instruments,” says Scott Younger, president of Volvo CE North America. “The best machines backed by the best providers assist our prospects work safer, extra productively and with decrease whole value of possession.”
Companies, connectivity and US manufacturing
Past {hardware}, Volvo CE used ConExpo to focus on its increasing providers provide, together with the Load Ticket website administration software, Linked Map, and ActiveCare Direct. The corporate’s Tools as a Service (EaaS) mannequin — providing assured availability on a pay-for-use foundation — was additionally offered to guests.
On the manufacturing aspect, a $40 million funding within the firm’s Shippensburg, Pennsylvania facility brings excavator and huge wheel loader manufacturing to the US in early 2026, as a part of a wider $1.2 billion Volvo Group dedication to North American funding.
“CONEXPO is about listening to our prospects so we will assist their ambitions,” says Melker Jernberg, president of Volvo CE. “We aren’t simply exhibiting what the longer term might appear to be; we introduced machines and providers which can be able to ship right this moment.”
