# Alta Equipment acquires YES Equipment & Services in Illinois

Alta Equipment Company acquired the assets of YES Equipment & Services in Illinois, making Alta the Yale dealer in the northern Chicagoland market.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-08-27
- Where: Illinois, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: Yale lift trucks, industrial trucks
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Alta Equipment Company](https://endata.com/companies/26547.md) (acquirer)
- [YES Equipment & Services](https://endata.com/companies/26548.md) (target)

## Sources

- [altg.com](https://altg.com/blog/alta-equipment-company-acquires-yes-equipment/), 2017-08-27: "I am excited about this acquisition because metropolitan Chicago presents one of our greatest growth opportunities due to the size and density of the industrial truck market."

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