Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. will celebrate the grand re-opening of its Springfield, Mo., general rental facility Friday, Aug. 24. The event will take place at the store between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will showcase the facility’s renovated 7,000-square-foot showroom and newly expanded product line, which includes small tools, construction equipment and contractors’ supplies.

The grand re-opening of HERC Springfield is part of the company’s general rental program expansion, which HERC began in 2003 in support of its commitment to increase services and products for small, medium and large contractors as well as homeowners. The company added 24 general rental locations in 2006 as part of its planned expansion in that line of equipment rental and currently has 115 general rental locations throughout the United States and Canada.

Park Ridge, N.J.-based HERC is No. 4 on the RER 100.