Volvo Rents purchases Wichita’s R-Quip Equipment Rental

Pennsylvania-based Volvo Rents, a division of Volvo Group, has purchased Wichita’s 9-year-old R-Quip Equipment Rental.

Dec 8, 2011

Pennsylvania-based Volvo Rents, a division of Volvo Group, has purchased Wichita’s 9-year-old R-Quip Equipment Rental.

This is the second time Bob Richardson has sold an equipment rental company that caters to the construction industry.

His first, AAA Rent-All, he sold in 1997. The same brokerage company that approached him with that deal called again.

For more, visit the The Wichita Eagle.

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