Preferred Pump & Equipment LP announced the acquisition of Bill Johnson Equipment Co., effective October 27, 2021.
Like Preferred Pump & Equipment, Bill Johnson Equipment is also a family-owned business with locations in Phoenix, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon.
Bill Johnson Equipment was founded in 1949 by Bill Johnson, who concentrated his efforts on being a reliable source for water well drilling equipment and supplies while focusing on various markets including the groundwater, environmental, geotechnical, and mining industries. The company has remained a family-run operation while being managed by the founder’s daughter and granddaughter, Ginger Johnson, pictured here on the left, and Shelly Schira, pictured on the right.
“Over the years, Ginger and Shelly have assembled a fantastic team that has helped them build upon their reputation for providing great customer service for their loyal customer base,” Preferred Pump & Equipment said in a statement.
“Going forward, Shelly will continue to run the business as our branch manager for both locations, and both locations will still operate under the Bill Johnson Equipment name. We are confident that this partnership with Bill Johnson Equipment will add considerably to Preferred Pump’s reputation as being the No. 1 pump and water well equipment distributor in the country.
“We want to welcome Ginger, Shelly, and all the people at Bill Johnson Equipment who helped make this acquisition possible. We look forward to many years of continued success and building upon the outstanding reputations of both Bill Johnson Equipment and Preferred Pump to better serve all our customers.”
Randy Lyne founded Preferred Pump & Equipment and opened the first branch in 1982 in Dallas, Texas. Since then, the company has expanded to have more than 50 warehouse locations across the United States. Lyne announced in March 2020 after more than 15 years of research that Preferred Pump & Equipment is an employee-owned company (employee stock ownership, ESOP).
Lyne received NGWA’s Life Member Award in 2012 and its Supplier of the Year Award in 2018.