Western Equip. buys Champion

Western Equipment Solutions, a Salt Lake City provider of drilling equipment sales and service, has acquired Champion Equipment Sales LLC, also of Salt Lake City. The company will now have offices in Nisku, Alberta, Canada; and Paramount, California; as well as Salt Lake City.

“Long-time partners Steve Wilson of Western Equipment Solutions and Vincent Jue of Champion Equipment Sales are excited to unify their teams once again and expand the territories for Soilmec and Leffer equipment sales and service, all under the Western name,” a joint statement from the two companies said. “This continued partnership creates a larger parts, sales, and{mprestriction ids="1,3"} service force to assist both new and existing customers in the foundation drilling and ground engineering industry, blending the best of both companies to strengthen Western Equipment’s reach and processes.”

“The joining of forces WES and CES creates the best and most customer-centered ground engineering and foundations drilling equipment dealer in North America. I know that this combination of talented people and resources will serve our customers very well,” said Wilson, president of Western Equipment Solutions.

The combined company plans to maintain its existing equipment manufacturers, employees, service processes and distribution network. Existing customers in both the western United States and western Canada will continue to receive service from the company without interruption.

“I’m excited to continue to build at WES what I started at CES,” said Sean Montgomery, sales and business development representative at the company. “Building out an experienced and capable team throughout the western U.S. and western Canada to support all areas of the foundation drilling industry has always been a shared goal of our businesses and one that we look forward to working on together.”

John Wilson, general manager of Western Equipment Solutions, has spearheaded the acquisition. He said he looks forward to the changes, saying he is “excited to take this opportunity to the next level. We want to increase the service and support to the foundation drilling industry.”{/mprestriction}