Alta Equipment to acquire NITCO

Alta Enterprises LLC, dba Alta Equipment Co., Livonia, Mich., has entered into an agreement to purchase Northland Industrial Truck Co. Inc. (NITCO). The acquisition will expand Alta’s business into the New England market, with three locations in Massachusetts and one each in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine.

NITCO and its construction equipment group Northland JCB will continue to operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of Alta, with no changes to leadership or business operations.

Both companies are dealers for the Hyster-Yale Group, providing sales, rental, and service of materials handling, industrial, and construction equipment.