Chadwick Baross Acquires Volvo and SDLG Assets of Woodco Machinery
Chadwick-BaRoss Inc., a well-established member of the Volvo Construction Equipment dealer network for Maine and New Hampshire, is expanding its footprint in the Northeast with the acquisition of the Volvo and SDLG assets of Woodco Machinery Inc.
Woodco has long served as the exclusive Volvo CE dealer for eastern Massachusetts and RhodeIsland. Through the deal, which took effect April 1,Chadwick now becomes theVolvo CE exclusivedealer for the territory. Chadwick will offer a full suite ofVolvo machines and servicesthrough itsexisting and future locations in these states.“We thank the Benard family, who owned and operated Woodco Machinery, for their four-decadepartnership with Volvo Construction Equipment, and we appreciate their service and commitment as aVolvo dealer,” said Stephen Roy, president of Region North America, Volvo CE. “I’m excited to grow our relationship with Chadwick-BaRoss. They offer exceptionalexperience, presence and customer service, and I know that their strong performance will continue in their newly expanded territory.”Chadwick-BaRosshas been providing equipment in New England for nearly 100 years and offers newand used machines for purchase and rent in a variety of applications, including construction, forestry,public works,and waste and recycling.“Volvo is a highly respected name among our customers, and we’ve had great success with Volvo products in Maine and New Hampshire,” said Jim Maxwell, president of Chadwick-BaRoss. “I’m excited to bring Volvo machines and Chadwick-BaRoss service and support to our new customers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.”
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.