Local rental company sold to U.S. firm
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A local rental company started in Armstrong 30 years ago is now part of one of the largest equipment rental companies in North America, Sun Belt Rentals.
“This is a sad but exciting day for me as the Nor-Val family joins the Sunbelt Rentals team. I look back at all the amazing friends, memories and opportunities that this little business has given me and I honestly don’t know where to start the thank you’s,” Nor-Val owner Jim Clipperton said in a social media post.
Sunbelt has been on a buying spree in Kelowna, including other Okanagan rental companies and now boasts over 2,000 locations in North America. The company has Canadian headquarters in Coquitlam.
“The two people that none of this would have happened without their bravery and faith in an idiot kid, deserve the recognition. Dad and Mom, Paul and Shirley Miron, the risk they took has created hundreds of jobs, donated hundreds of thousand’s of dollars and started friendships, families and relationships that are beyond counting. This wasn’t just a business for us, it was our lives,” Clipperton remarked.
