Volvo Construction Equipment has seen a steep decline in profit during the third quarter of 2008 despite growing sales by 2%.
Third quarter revenue just topped £1bn but profit dropped to £10.8m from £67.5m in the same period last year. Volvo puts this down to higher steel prices, a £24m cost of moving the motor grader business from the US to Canada and unfavorable currency fluctuations.
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