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Dan Waddell - Mon June 07, 2004

Volvo BL70 Makes Dream Home a Reality for Pensacola Builder

The construction industry in Pensacola, FL, is flourishing on the beach, by the bay and beside the bayous. Properties are springing up following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Opal in 1995. While that natural disaster offered a heaven-sent opportunity for property developers, there is another reason why the town’s construction market is so buoyant: the standard of life in Pensacola....

Sat June 05, 2004

Volvo CE Rents Brings New Franchise to Chicago Area

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. has announced the signing of a franchise agreement for a new Volvo equipment rental center in Woodstock (Chicago), IL. ACF Equipment Inc., 1340 Cobblestone Way, Woodstock, has entered into a Volvo CE Rents franchise agreement to own and operate an independent Volvo CE Rents center....

Wed June 02, 2004

Volvo L35B Proves ’Rock’ Solid Choice for NJ Landscape, Building Supply Firm

Business has increased so much for Rock Products Inc., a landscape and building supply business in Thorofare, NJ, that owner, Charles Zeisloft II, decided that the company needed a second compact wheel loader to keep up with the workload....

Sat May 22, 2004

McAllister Expands Volvo Offerings With Compact Line

McAllister Equipment Co. announced it has expanded its product offering to include the Volvo compact equipment product line. For years, McAllister has represented Volvo’s heavy product line, including wheel loaders, articulated haulers, excavators and motorgraders....

Mon May 10, 2004

Flagler Acquires Florida Volvo CEs

As part of its stated intention to divest the distribution territories and assets that Volvo Construction Equipment acquired from its former dealer, L. B. Smith, Volvo CE has sold its Florida construction equipment distribution marketing area, with the exception of Tallahassee, to Flagler Construction Equipment LLC, Orlando, FL....

Thu May 06, 2004

Volvo Pulls W.D. Excavation Through Rocky Job Sites

William Dubray won’t find himself or his company caught between a rock and a hard place as long he has his Volvo excavators. Dubray founded W.D. Excavation and Contracting Inc. with his father, William, in 1978....

Wed April 21, 2004

Summers Opens Volvo CE Rents Center in Prestonsburg

Summers Equipment, owned by G. P. “Perry” Summers, has opened a Volvo CE Rents center at 1749 US Highway 23 North in Prestonsburg, KY. Summers Equipment’s rental center is the second franchise in Kentucky....

Sat April 03, 2004

Volvo CE Rents Celebrates New Franchise in Peralta

Roadrunner Industrial Works Inc., owned by Merrill Robinson, held the grand opening of its Volvo Rents Equipment Rental Center on Saturday, March 20, 2004, at its newly remodeled facility at 3581 Highway 47 in Peralta, NM....

Sat December 20, 2003

Cantwell Named as Volvo Motorgrader Dealer in Ohio

Volvo Construction Equipment North America has named Cantwell Machinery Company the Volvo motorgrader dealer for the state of Ohio. With the acquisition of Volvo motorgraders, Cantwell Machinery Company is now able to offer customers the entire Volvo Construction Equipment product line....

Wed December 03, 2003

Volvo CE Rents Opens New Rental Centers

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents (Volvo CE Rents) has announced the opening of new independently-owned Volvo CE Rents equipment rental centers in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Wenner Equipment Inc., owned by John S....