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Volvo Disposes Of Rental Arm

Swedish carmaker Volvo has announced that it is to offload its machine rental division to private equity firm Platinum Equity. The agreement is worth about US$1.1bn. CEO Olof Persson said: “The best alternative is to sell the operation to another owner”.

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