Leslie Doggett Industries, through its Doggett Truck Group, has acquired privately-held Truck Enterprises Inc., an authorized Western Star, Detroit Diesel and extreme heavy duty trailer dealer located in El Paso, Texas and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
The acquisition was announced Tuesday.
This gives Doggett its third location in El Paso, Texas, and adds Carlsbad, N.M., to the Doggett dealer network. Doggett says it will operate these dealerships under the name Truck Enterprises Inc. Truck Enterprises was founded in the area in 1980.
“Doggett will roll out our independent used truck and trailer model through this acquisition which will compliment and build on the celebrated history of Truck Enterprises created and nurtured by founders Lanny and Linda Golucke. Lanny will remain on as the leader of Truck Enterprises,” says Doggett’s General Counsel William Doggett.
Adds Doggett Truck Group Vice President Paul Burk, “[We are] pleased to expand our footprint to serve more customers in El Paso and to enter the Carlsbad market. We are eager to implement the same initiatives and processes that have made Doggett successful and have been the foundation of our dynamic growth in other markets.”
Doggett’s aspirations are to grow the El Paso stores similarly to the growth experienced at Doggett’s Little Rock, Ark., Freightliner dealership, which was recently named a finalist for the Successful Dealer Award as one top truck dealerships in the U.S. This accomplishment is after Doggett acquired all the Freightliner dealerships in Arkansas only 14 months ago.
Additionally, Doggett’s Ford dealership in Houston is one of the fastest growing dealerships among over 3,000 Ford dealerships in the U.S., and the fastest growing dealership in Houston. Doggett plans to grow Truck Enterprises in the same manner.
