Volvo Construction Equipment Rents last week announced the opening of a second Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise by the Nelva Corp. in Virginia.

Nelva Corp., owned by Bill and Ned Dickinson, opened its first Volvo Rents franchise in 2003 in Virginia Beach, Va. The new rental center is now open in Williamsburg.

The Williamsburg Volvo Rents center, an independently owned and operated franchise, will carry a comprehensive line of essential equipment for the construction, commercial, industrial and homeowner markets, as well as an extensive line of Volvo compact excavators and wheel loaders and backhoe and skid steer loaders.

Volvo Rents now has 75 equipment rental centers open in North America, 63 centers in Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria) and one in its international region (Mexico).

Asheville, N.C.-based Volvo Rents is No. 16 on the RER 100.