Volvo Rents Acquires Sampson Equipment Company

Volvo Rents, Fletcher, NC, has acquired the equipment rental company Sampson Equipment Co., Salt Lake City.

June 24, 2011

Volvo Rents, Fletcher, NC, has acquired the equipment rental company Sampson Equipment Co., Salt Lake City. In addition to its Salt Lake City headquarters, Sampson operates stores in Murray, Ogden and Draper.

According to a news release, the acquisition is part of Volvo Rents' new direction to not only operate a franchise network of rental stores, but manage and grow a network of company-owned stores.

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