Spartan Emergency Response Vehicles, a business unit of Spartan Motors, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAR), announced Ferexpo S.A. as its 2012 Dealer of the Year during the annual awards banquet at the Spartan ERV Sales Training Conference in Miami, Fla.
In 2012, Ferexpo S.A. sold 45 custom and commercial fire apparatus in South America.
"Ferexpo S.A., headquartered in Santiago, Chile, has and will continue to play a key role in our business growth plans for South America.," said Dennis Schneider, President, Spartan Emergency Response. "We have seen firsthand the exceptional growth that can be achieved in key markets when we have someone like Raimundo Aranguiz who is both driven and capable, and has the ability to build a team of like-minded individuals. Ferexpo S.A. is differentiated by its capability to add value to the customer's purchase process and build a new company including all the requisite infrastructure for the fire industry. We remain very optimistic in Raimundo's ability to continue on his aggressive growth curve."
Ferexpo S.A. recently moved to become a full-service dealer by adding service and parts operations as well as its 15,000-square-foot headquarters location.