Volvo Construction Equipment AB manufactures and distributes construction equipment. Its product range includes wheeled and crawler excavators , articulated haulers, scraper haulers, wheel loaders, pipelayers, demolition equipment, waste handlers, motor graders, pavers, compactors, milling equipment, tack distributors, road wideners, material transfer vehicles and a range of compact equipment such as mini loaders, mini excavators, backhoe loaders and skidsteer loaders. The firm's customers include quarries and aggregates, oil and gas industries, heavy infrastructure, utilities, road construction, building, demolition, recycling industry, industrial material handling, and forestry industry. The company was founded in 1832 by Johan Theofron Munktell, Jean Bolinder and Carl Gerhard Bolinder and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.