Riwal Expands with New Branch in Port of Rotterdam

Netherlands-based Riwal has opened a new branch in the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in an area of the port known as Maasvlakte 2.
Feb. 9, 2017

Netherlands-based Riwal has opened a new branch in the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in an area of the port known as Maasvlakte 2.

“Our business in the port of Rotterdam is continuously growing,” said Johan van Klinken, country manager for Riwal Benelux. “From this new location, Riwal can further accelerate the rental process and easily provide access solutions to customers for any job to be done at height in the port area. It establishes close proximity to service our customers while maximizing transport efficiency.”

Maasvlakte Rotterdam is Riwal’s eighth branch in the Benelux region. Based in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Riwal has branch operations in 16 countries and conducts business in more than 60 countries.

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.

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