MacQueen Equipment, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, acquired Bell Equipment. With this acquisition, MacQueen Equipment has expanded its environmental equipment dealership network to Michigan and Ohio.

The combined company will create the largest environmental equipment dealer in the Midwest, now covering a six-state territory: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Additionally, MacQueen Emergency, a division of MacQueen Equipment, is one of the largest fire truck dealers and emergency equipment suppliers in the U.S., covering a seven-state territory: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Bell Equipment will continue to serve contractor and municipal markets in Michigan and Ohio, representing brands such as Elgin street sweepers (Michigan only), Heil waste trucks, Schaefer waste carts, Epoke snow equipment, Titan leaf vacs, SetCom communication tools, and Trackless municipal tractors.

MacQueen Equipment has elected to keep the Bell Equipment name as a signifier of the company’s seventy-year legacy in these regions.

“I’m incredibly proud of what my family’s company has accomplished in Michigan and Ohio,” Jimmy Bell, president of Bell Equipment, said. “I know that MacQueen Equipment is a good match for the way we do business — the people, the products and the integrity factor. I feel confident Bell’s employees and customers are in good hands.”

MacQueen Equipment is currently headquartered in St. Paul, MN and led by CEO Dan Gage.

“I have a long history with the Bell family,” Gage said. “So this acquisition is a natural fit. We know the business model better than anyone, and we are already seeing impressive synergies between Bell and our MacQueen locations. Merging these two longstanding companies will no doubt result in a better customer experience across our territories.”

MacQueen Equipment is known for its versatile equipment portfolio, large-scale parts inventory, hands-on operator training and multi-state service network.