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Tue November 11, 2003

Volvo Rents Opens New Franchise in Cape Coral, FL

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents (Volvo CE Rents) announced the opening of a new independently-owned Volvo CE Rents equipment rental center in Cape Coral, FL. Deans Three Inc., owned by Thomas and Curtis Dean, recently opened a Volvo CE Rents center at 901 Country Club Road in Cape Coral....

Fri October 31, 2003

Lauderdale Firm Opens New Volvo Rents Franchise

World Rentals LLC, owned by Cruz and Roy Rodriguez, has opened a Volvo CE Rents center at 1441 SW 33rd Place, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The rental center is an independently owned and operated Volvo Construction Equipment Rents franchise within the Volvo Construction Equipment rental program....

Fri October 10, 2003

Orlando Firm Opens Third Volvo Rents Center in Lakeland

Volvo Construction Equipment Rents has announced the opening of an independently-owned Volvo Rents equipment rental center in Florida. Contractor Equipment Rentals Inc., Orlando, FL, opened its third Volvo Rents center in Florida at 950 West Memorial Blvd., in Lakeland....

Thu July 24, 2003

Volvo Credits Truck, Construction Vehicle Sales for Earnings Jump

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Swedish vehicle maker Volvo said July 24 that second-quarter netprofit jumped 59 percent thanks mainly to cost savings and strong sales of new trucks and construction vehicles. But the company was cautious about the outlook for the rest of 2003....

Mon May 19, 2003

Volvo Acquires Dealer L.B. Smith

Volvo Construction Equipment, (Volvo CE), has acquired the Volvo equipment distribution businesses from the company’s largest North American dealer, L.B. Smith Inc., based out of Mechanicsburg, PA....

Craig Mongeau - Wed April 30, 2003

L.B. Smith Delivers First Volvo BL 70 to Renda Roads

Ernesto Renda, owner and president of Renda Roads, said that he always likes to try new things. Recently he was spotted trying something new again. During ConExpo/ConAGG 2002, Renda Roads, a paving and milling contractor based in Whitehouse, NJ, placed the first signed order for the new Volvo BL 70 backhoe loader....

Thu April 17, 2003

Volvo to Recall 300 Workers ; 700 Workers Will Remain on Recall List

Employment at the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Pulaski County will top 2,000 as laid-off workers are recalled to handle a production increase starting this month. Some 300 workers will be brought back, Volvo spokesman Jim McNamara said....

Thu February 13, 2003

Volvo Rents Opens Georgia, California Branches

Two new Volvo Rents centers opened last week, company officials said. T. Gay Investments, franchise owner of a Volvo Rents center in Americus, GA, opened a branch in Columbus, GA, and Valley Rental Centers, Merced, CA, opened the first of several planned Volvo Rents facilities in California....

Tue December 24, 2002

Volvo Articulated Haulers to End U.S. Assembly Operations

Volvo Construction Equipment recently announced that it would phase out the production of articulated haulers at its plant in Asheville in the United States and concentrate the manufacturing to its plants in Braas, Sweden and Pederneiras, Brazil....

Fri October 18, 2002

Volvo Rents Opens Second Metro-Atlanta Location

Increasing its overall expansion efforts and to service customers in Atlanta even better, Volvo Rents-Atlanta has announced the opening of a second metro Atlanta rental center. The 6,000-sq.-ft. facility is located in the Northwest Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw at 2396 Cobb Parkway (Hwy....