Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced the sale of Champion Road Machinery Sales, Brampton, Ontario, to Strongco Limited Partnership, Mississauga, Ontario. Champion was a division of Volvo Group Canada, Inc., and a company-owned member of the Volvo CE North America dealer network. Strongco, a Volvo CE dealer, presently operates twenty (20) construction equipment sales and service branches in five (5) Canadian provinces. The acquisition was effective March 20, 2008.
The acquisition gives Strongco the sales, rentals, parts and service operations of Volvo’s motor grader and compact equipment product lines in Ontario. Strongco will continue operations at the Champion sales and service locations in Brampton, Carleton Place, Goderich, North Bay and Thunder Bay to ensure that Volvo customers continue to receive product support and service without interruption.