Volvo Rents Opens 50th North American Rental Center

Dec. 1, 2004
ASHEVILLE, N.C. Volvo Construction Equipment Rents last month announced the opening of its 50th Volvo CE Rents equipment rental center in North America

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Volvo Construction Equipment Rents last month announced the opening of its 50th Volvo CE Rents equipment rental center in North America since the company began its rental franchise initiative in 2001.

Rocky Rentals, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, the third Volvo CE Rents franchise under contract in Canada (the second in Alberta), has opened its first independently owned and operated Volvo CE Rents center in Canada — and Volvo CE Rents 50th center. The new rental center is owned by Clayton Ness and Douglas Baumann.

The company followed up the Rocky Rentals opening with an opening in Clairmont, Alberta., the first branch for Extreme Rentals Inc. Doug Jensen is president and owner of Extreme Rentals; Darcy Schlosser is the company's manager.

In addition, Cole Equipment Inc., opened its first Volvo CE Rents center in Riverside, Calif. The Riverside/San Bernardino area is the 10th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States and construction spending for 2004 in the area is expected to exceed $9 billion. Growth over the next four years is expected to reach the $10 billion level, creating an expanding demand for equipment rentals by contractors in the area.

Volvo CE Rents now has equipment rental centers open in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California, Tennessee, Ohio, South Carolina, Louisiana, New York, Minnesota, Arkansas, New Jersey, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, New Mexico, Washington, Pennsylvania, Texas, Mississippi, Maryland — and now, Canada.

Asheville, N.C.-based Volvo Rents is No. 19 on the RER 100.