Volvo Construction Equipment recently appointed Alta Equipment Co. as its authorized dealer in central and northern Illinois. Alta Equipment Co. will start providing Volvo CE parts and services immediately. The company will open new locations in the region specifically designed for the needs of the construction equipment market.
“At Volvo CE, we partner only with dealers who are dedicated to customers’ success,” said Stephen Roy, president, sales region Americas, Volvo CE. “Alta Equipment continues to be a great partner offering products and service that meet and exceed customers’ needs. Together with Alta, we will continue to help customers maximize product value throughout their lifecycle and unlock the full potentials of Volvo CE equipment.”
Alta Equipment Co. has represented Volvo CE since 2009 in Michigan, carrying all of Volvo CE’s product lines as well as some allied products that complement the Volvo CE offerings.
“We are excited about our expansion into Illinois because it is another opportunity for Alta Equipment Company to build upon its mission of being a total solution for the construction and industrial markets and to continue to invest in the best products and people,” said Rob Chiles, president of the construction equipment division of Alta Equipment Company.
Alta has also been among the fastest growing Volvo CE dealers in the U.S. Now with the capability in central and northern Illinois, Alta is positioned with a comprehensive product and service offering aimed at developing enduring customer relationships, according to Ryan Greenawalt, president of Alta Equipment Co.
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Michael Roth
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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.