SafeWorks Hires New Customer Service Manager
Seattle-based SafeWorks LLC recently hired Stan Kalista as its new customer service manager. In this role, Kalista will be responsible for leading and developing customer service teams to assist the Spider branches and Power Climber dealers. He will also manage product support functions while coordinating with sales, marketing, field operations, supply chain and engineering representatives. ...
Coates to Permit Due Diligence
Australian rental giant Coates Hire has opened its books to allow potential suitors to perform due diligence two months after becoming the target of several takeover efforts. Suitors will gain access to Coates’ virtual data room beginning July 16. ...
Terex Dealership Equipco Opens in New Orleans
Several hundred people attended the grand opening Friday of Terex’ newest dealership, Equipco in New Orleans. Customers, family members and City Councilman Oliver Thomas and members of the media attended the event, along with Terex Construction president Bob Isaman....
Lavendon Enjoys Strong First Five Months
Lavendon Group, U.K.’s leading aerial rental company, last week said its volume rose 48 percent in the first five months of 2007 over the same period last year, based on organic growth and recent acquisitions. Lavendon’s interim results for the first six months of the year through June 30 will reveal a pre-tax profit higher than analysts’ expectations, company officials said....
European Rental Association Marks Anniversary, Defines Euro Rental Market Size
More than 170 participants met at the European Rental Association’s June convention in Berlin to celebrate the association’s first anniversary. The organization has grown steadily over the past year, and now represents more than 4,200 rental companies in Europe, either directly or through 11 national rental associations. ERA president Gerard Deprez, chief executive of France-based Loxam, Europe’s largest rental company, said the association is planning to create a rental show for rental companies, equipment manufacturers in cooperation with KHL Group....
United Rentals Plans Grand Re-opening of Manhattan Branch
United Rentals will celebrate the relocation of its flagship branch in New York City with a grand re-opening event on Thursday, June 28, 2007. The equipment rental branch also houses a contractor supplies showroom, maintenance facility and full-service yard. Located on Manhattan's West Side, the 45,000-square-foot property is nearly twice the size of the former rental location....
Professional Aerials Hires New Vice President
Professional Aerials, McConnellsburg, Pa., last week named Jim Souders as vice president of sales, rentals and service. In this position he will head up the global fleet sales program and the expanding of ProAer’s rental and parts programs. Souders brings 21 years of work experience with JLG and seven years of dealer management and sales experience to the job. ...
Bronto Skylift Names NESCO New Indiana Dealer
Bronto Skylift last week appointed NESCO Sales and Rental of Bluffton, Ind., a dealer for Bronto aerial work platforms. NESCO will provide sales and service coverage in the Midwest....
MEC Aerials Names Titan Equipment New Dealer For Western and Central Michigan
MEC Aerials has appointed Titan Equipment as a full-service authorized dealer for MEC scissorlifts and telescopic handlers in Western and Central Michigan., according to an announcement by Jim Tolle, MEC president....
Speedy, U.K.’s Top Tool Rental Company, Buys Top Competitor Hewden Tools
In a single stunning day last week, two major deals involving three of the United Kindom’s biggest rental companies redesigned the equipment rental roadmap in one of the world’s most evolved rental markets....
British Ex-MP Acquires HSS Rental Chain
Archie Norman, a former Member of Parliament and chief executive who oversaw the turnaround of supermarket chain Asda, last week joined forces with U.S.-based Och-Ziff Capital Management Group to acquire British tool rental chain HSS Hire for £310 million (about U.S. $612 million). HSS Hire is the third-largest tool rental company in the United Kingdom. ...
HERC Opens Two New, One Renovated Facilities
Park Ridge, N.J.-based Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. last week celebrated the grand opening of its new Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, general rental facility. The event showcased the new 5,000-square-foot facility and its product line, which includes small tools, equipment and contractors’ supplies....
Volvo Rents Opens New Rental Center in Florida
Volvo Construction Equipment Rents last week announced the opening of a new Volvo Rents equipment rental franchise in Tampa, Fla., by CASCO Rentals LLC. It is the third Volvo Rents franchise opened by CASCO in Florida....
Godwin Pumps Appoints New Director of Marketing
Godwin Pumps, a U.S. manufacturer of portable rental pumps with 24 branch offices and a network of more than 100 distributors worldwide, recently named Howard Slaff as director of marketing....
2006 Auction Data for Articulated Rear Dump Trucks
The following figures examine articulated rear dump trucks at auction in North America for the period starting January 1, 2006. Figure 1 identifies the 26- to 29-metric ton size class as the most popular. Figure 2 looks at the value per metric ton for all size classes combined. ...
Terex Reaches High School, Aims for $12 Billion
Now that Terex has reached $7.6 billion in revenue — compared to less than half a billion dollars annually 10 years ago — CEO Ron DeFeo told a press conference at the Bauma Trade Fair in Munich, Germany, the company has finally reached high school....
Godwin Pumps Expands U.K. Manufacturing Facility
At Bauma, Godwin Pumps announced a major makeover at its Gloucestershire, England, factory, including a 15,300-square-foot expansion. Godwin has been manufacturing pumps at its Gloucestershire facility since the end of the 19th century....
Cummins Breaks Ground on Fuel System Plant in China
Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins last week broke ground on its first fuel systems plant outside North America. Located in Wuhan, China, Cummins Fuel Systems - Wuhan will be the company’s 13th production facility in China and is expected to begin production early next year. ...
British Aerial Rental Company Lavendon Acquires Wizard and Rise
Lavendon Group, the United Kingdom’s leading aerial equipment specialist, made two recent major acquisitions of aerial rental companies. Last week the fast-growing firm acquired Norwich, England-based Wizard Workspace, which has 10 branches and a fleet of 1,300 aerial units, agreeing to pay about GBP £2.15 million (about U.S. $4.25 million) for the company. ...
Hertz Cuts 480 Positions
Hertz Global Holdings recently announced a restructuring initiative to further improve the company’s operational efficiencies. The initiative, being implemented during the second quarter of 2007, affects about 480 positions in the company’s United States car and equipment rental operations as well as its Oklahoma City service center....
Berry Tractor Turns 50
Berry Tractor & Equipment Co. is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Wichita, Kan.-based equipment distributor and rental company started as a single company with three locations and has grown to a seven-company organization with 24 locations in five states....
Yancey Bros. Promotes Wilfore to COO
Yancey Bros. Co., the Caterpillar dealer for Georgia promoted T.A. “Bud” Wilfore to chief operating officer. Wilfore will be responsible for managing the customer-focused operations for all five company divisions....
Residential Spending Continues Low, But Non-Residential Rises
Construction spending gained a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in April, but dropped 2.5 percent for the first four months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006, according to recent Census Bureau figures. Residential spending dropped 0.9 percent for April and 15 percent year-to-date, while nonresidential spending rose 1.1 percent in April and 14 percent year-to-date....
Boyer Inc. Becomes New Distributor for AUSA Equipment
Houston-based Boyer, Inc. recently became a distributor for the equipment manufacturer AUSA. Boyer will sell a complete line of AUSA equipment at its northwest Houston facility where it also plans to offer parts and service. Its staff of equipment experts and skilled mechanics will perform warranty work and repairs as well as ship parts to customers all over the United States....
Ramirent Acquires Czech Telehandler Rental Company
Ramirent s.r.o., the Czech wholly owed subsidiary of Ramirent Plc, has agreed to acquire the rental business of KMB Stavebni Servis s.r.o., a telehandler rental specialist with business throughout the Czech Republic. ...
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