Volvo obviously no longer wanted to be in the rental business. It got there through a circuitous route. The company tried encouraging its dealers to enter the rental business but never succeeded.

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – December 10, 2013) – Platinum Equity today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Volvo Rents from the Volvo Group. Volvo Rents is a leading North ...

Doing its part to help those who dedicate their lives defending our freedom, Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents), a worldwide provider of small-to-medium sized construction equipment ...

Volvo Group said it will sell its North American equipment rental subsidiary for $1.1 billion to equity firm Platinum Equity. Volvo said it is selling its construction rental business, Volvo Rents, to ...

Platinum Equity, the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based corporate takeover specialist, is paying $1.1 billion for the 132-outlet, 2,100-employee Volvo Rents, headquartered in Shippensburg, Pa., as Volvo ...

Volvo Rents, Shippensburg, Pa., has acquired Excel Rentals, a two-location construction equipment rental company based in California. Volvo Rents, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volvo Group, ...

Platinum Equity on Tuesday said that it has agreed to acquire Volvo Rents from Sweden’s Volvo Group in a deal valued at $1.1 billion. Volvo Rents in Shippensburg, Pa, provides small-to-medium sized ...

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Three North Bay equipment rental stores have been acquired by a subsidiary of Swedish car maker Volvo, which is expanding operations in California anticipating a turnaround in the state's battered ...

As central Indiana’s construction market continues to gain momentum, Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. hopes to get up to speed by opening as many as three franchised Volvo Rents stores by the ...

STOCKHOLM--Swedish truck maker Volvo AB (VOLV-B.SK) Tuesday said it has agreed to sell its Volvo Rents unit in North America to U.S.-based private equity firm Platinum Equity for around 7.2 billion ...

Tucson, AZ— Local owners Jeff Bleecker and Lance Evic of Arizona Equipment Rental 1, LLC, have opened their fourth construction equipment rental store. The Volvo Rents-Eloy serves the Pinal County, AZ ...