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United Rentals Updates Investors on Integration

United Rentals recently provided an “integration update” to its community of investors, during which the company said that the combined companies’ targeted cost synergies have been raised to $230 million....

Cat Entertainment Services Expands to International Stage

Cat Entertainment Services, a service provider of temporary power generation and temperature control equipment for major events and production projects has gone global, the company said. ...

 

International News

JCB Sells $56 Million Machine Order to Sunbelt and A-Plant

JCB announced this week it has won a deal to sell 550 machines worth £16 million (about $25 million) from U.K. rental chain A-Plant, and 494 machines to Fort Mill, S.C.-based Sunbelt Rentals....

Terex Tower Cranes Play Uplifting Role in Italian Real Estate Project

Five Terex tower cranes have been working for nearly two years on the construction of two residential towers as part of a large restructuring and redesign of Porta Nuova – Isola District in Milan, Italy....

 

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Check in on some of the latest stock prices for publicly traded rental companies and popular construction equipment and general tool manufacturers related to the rental equipment industry. ...

Toro 2Q Sales Increase 10 Percent; Company Declares 2-for-1 Stock Split

The Toro Co. last week reported net earnings of $68.8 million, or $2.26 per share, on net sales of $691.5 million for its fiscal second quarter ended May 4....

 

Supply Side

Felling Trailers to Open Second Production Location

Felling Trailers has built a second location in Litchfield, Minn., to expand production. ...

JLG to Showcase LiftPod at ASSE Safety 2012 Conference and Exposition

JLG Industries will promote safety advocacy, education and awareness at the American Society of Safety Engineers Safety 2012 Conference and Exposition, June 3-5, in Denver....

 

RER & The Environment

Lew Hudson Sales to Represent Solar Light Tower Manufacturer

Progress Solar Solutions is partnering with leading equipment rental industry manufacturers’ rep firm Lew Hudson Sales to represent its line of portable Progress Solar Light Towers....

Deutz Releases Biofuel-Powered Engines

Deutz AG last week announced it has for the first time released engines that meet exhaust emissions standard IIIB for use with biodiesel....

 

Bricks & Clicks

RMI Partners with MobileDemand

RMI Corp. announced its partnership with MobileDemand....

HCSS Launches Mobile Applications to Improve Field Entry and Productivity

Construction software developer HCSS has introduced a suite of new mobile applications for collecting and reviewing data on construction field operations. ...

 

Contractor News

AGC and Computer Guidance Establish Partnership

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Computer Guidance Corp., a leading developer of financial and project management software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction companies, recently formed a strategic partnership with the Associated General Contractors of America, naming Computer Guidance as a member of its Affinity Program....

Mortenson Construction Deploys Texada’s Systematic Asset Management System

Texada Software last week announced that Mortenson Construction has successfully deployed Texada’s Systematic asset management system within its equipment facility network to manage its construction assets throughout North America....

 

Interviews

Interview with Graham Hood: Rental Rate Momentum

RER recently interviewed Graham Hood, CEO of Neff Rental, No. 14 on the new RER 100 about the company’s improved 2011 performance, its rental rate momentum, 2012 expansion plans, and the impact of Tier 4 equipment....

We Predicted the Trend

Anderson Equipment Co. posted a remarkable 64.7-percent rental volume increase in 2011, one of the largest jumps on the new RER 100....

Reports from Bauma

JCB Introduces Five New Products at Bauma

JCB launched five new product introductions at the Bauma trade fair in Munich, Germany, last week....

JCB Gets Court Orders to Stop Exhibitors from Displaying Patent-Breaching Machines

JCB last week took tough action against three “far Eastern” manufacturers for product copying and patent infringements, the company said....

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