Ascendum Machinery, a Volvo Construction Equipment dealer with more than 15 locations across the southeast and North Dakota, is the recipient of Volvo CE's Uptime Award for 2018.

The award acknowledges the company's aftermarket and customer-support efforts through consistent, timely, and reliable parts and service support in its service territory.

"There are many great Volvo dealers in the U.S., and the Ascendum team is honored to be the recipient of the best-in-class Uptime Award," said Mario Stoilovich, Ascendum's business development director. "Our challenge now is to maintain our customer expectations."

Ascendum received the award at the Associated Equipment Distributors Summit in Orlando, Fla.