在今年的法国国际工程机械展Intermat上，沃尔沃遍达展示了其发动机家族的两位新成员：5L与8L非公路柴油发动机。

沃尔沃集团参与联合开发的D5和D8发动机代表了一个全新的发动机设计水平。与旧版相比，新版发动机的排量、机组坚实度、以及低速扭矩都得到了提高。沃尔沃表示，尽管发动机的排量提升了，但燃耗却降低了多达2.5%。

沃尔沃高层自始至终都致力于节能环保与Tier 4技术。沃尔沃建筑设备公司（Volvo CE）总裁Martin Weissburg在Intermat上坦率地表示，“我们的产品是造成环境问题的原因之一，因此我们必须肩负起解决问题的责任。我们依靠地球生存，所以必须保护地球。”

尽管“品牌弹性”是Weissburg提到沃尔沃轮式装载机和山东临工品牌时所用的术语，但这个词同样适用于沃尔沃遍达发动机。在进行发动机设计的时候，多种排放标准（包括Stage II/Tier 2、Stage IIIA/Tier 3 同级标准和Tier 4 Final/Stage IV）的合规问题便已考虑在内，因此无论产品销往何处，沃尔沃遍达都能确保发动机符合当地法规。并且，无论排放标准如何变化，沃尔沃遍达发动机都可以轻松实现过渡，因为所有的沃尔沃遍达发动机共享了同一个足迹。在所有型号的发动机上，涡轮增压器等部件的位置都是一样的，这使得OEM的设计和安装更为便捷。

在法规各异的多种市场上，这两台全新的发动机可用于包括建筑工程在内的多种非公路应用。最近，还有市场呼声要求沃尔沃遍达在建工市场中发挥建筑设备公司的专业技能。于是这家发动机供应商在建工市场加大了投入，并在去年赢得了多家客户，其中包括McCloskey、Tesmec和BBA Pumps。

在售后市场上，沃尔沃遍达同样致力于与全球的建筑设备经销商进行合作，拓展其服务网络。沃尔沃遍达已经在澳大利亚、南非和俄国与其姐妹公司的经销商建立了合作关系。在未来，将会有更多的合作助其扩大业务，并在建工行业充分发挥这些经销商的专业技能。

Volvo Penta debuts two new off-highway engines

Volvo Penta offered up at Intermat the latest additions to its engine lineup: new 5- and 8-L off-highway diesel engines.

Developed in coordination with the Volvo Group, the D5 and D8 engines feature a newly designed platform. Displacement has been increased compared to previous versions, and the new engines offer improved engine block stiffness, as well as higher torque at low speed. While the engines have a larger displacement, Volvo says that fuel consumption is reduced by as much as 2.5%.

Committing to environmental care and Tier 4 technologies starts at the top at Volvo, with Martin Weissburg, President of Volvo Construction Equipment, saying quite bluntly during a conference at Intermat, that "we're part of the problem therefore we must be part of the solution. We move Earth and we want to protect the Earth."

While Weissburg used the term "brand elasticity" when referring to Volvo wheel loaders and its SDLG brand, the term also seems appropriate to Volvo Penta engines. By designing the new engines to meet a variety of emissions standards, including Stage II/Tier 2, Stage IIIA/Tier 3 equivalent, and Tier 4 Final/Stage IV, no matter where a manufacturer exports its products, Volvo Penta can match an engine to the market’s regulations. Easing the transition is that fact that all of Volvo Penta’s engines, regardless of emissions stage, share a common footprint, with components like the turbocharger located in the same place on all models—making design and installation easier for OEMs.

Across the varying regulated markets, the new engines are suitable for a variety of off-highway applications including construction. There has been somewhat of a push recently for Volvo Penta to capitalize on Volvo CE’s knowledge and expertise in the construction market, the fruition of which has resulted in the engine supplier increasing its presence in the construction market, having procured several construction customers in the past year, including McCloskey, Tesmec, and BBA Pumps.

In the aftermarket, Volvo Penta is also working to expand its service network by partnering with Volvo CE dealers around the world. Already, Volvo Penta has joined up with its sister company’s dealers in Australia, South Africa, and Russia, and more partnerships are expected to come—extending the company’s reach and taking advantage of these dealers’ experience in the construction industry.