United Rentals Names Industry Veteran Dixon VP of Sales
United Rentals has named 20-plus-year industry veteran Joe Dixon vice president of sales, effective June 9. Before joining United Rentals, Dixon served as global vice president and general manager for aerial work platform manufacturer JLG Industries....
Fast-Growing WesternOne Equity Posts Organic, Acquisition-Fueled Growth
Vancouver, B.C., Canada-based WesternOne Equity Income Fund last week announced the release of financial results for the first quarter with total revenues of CD$7.37 million (about U.S. $7.46 million), a 96.6-percent increase compared with CD$3.75 million for the same period in 2007....
Steck Joins Atlas Copco as VP of Communications and Branding
Ellen Steck, former vice president of marketing for RSC Equipment Rental, has rejoined former RSC parent company Atlas Copco as vice president of communications and branding. Steck will be based in Belgium....
All Erection Expands in North Carolina, Pennsylvania
All Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has opened a branch in Wilmington, N.C., and has expanded its existing facility in West Elizabeth, Pa....
SMS Rents Opens Stoney Creek Branch
SMS Rents, a Canadian rental company specializing in Komatsu equipment, last week opened a branch in Stoney Creek, Ontario, the company’s 11th location....
Trico Lift Adds Falcon ReachMaster to Fleet
Trico Lift, a full-service aerial equipment rental company based in Millville, N.J., recently added the Falcon ReachMaster to its fleet. The ReachMaster can lift a worker 96 feet high and can pass through a door opening as small as 2 feet, 6 inches by 6 feet, 6 inches....
Doosan Infracore Adds Five U.S. Dealers
Doosan Infracore America has added five dealers to its North America dealer network. The dealers are W&W Equipment, based in DuBois, Pa.; Bobcat of Reno, Reno, Nev.; Bobcat of Nashville, based in that Tennessee city; Bobcat of Portland (Oregon); and Agritibi RH Inc., based in Amos, Quebec, Canada....
Volvo CE Adds New Compact Equipment Dealer in Milwaukee
Volvo Construction Equipment last week announced it added a Volvo compact equipment dealer in Milwaukee to its expanding distribution network. The new Volvo Construction Equipment & Services (VCES) branch is now representing the comprehensive line of Volvo compact wheel loaders and excavators, and skid-steer and backhoe loaders. The appointment of VCES Milwaukee was effective May 12....
AED Seals New Partnerships with Technical Colleges
The AED Foundation officially accredited Dakota County Technical College, Rosemont, Minn., on April 16, raising the total number of AED-accredited colleges across the nation to 20. To qualify for accreditation, post-secondary diesel and heavy-equipment technology programs meet rigorous curriculum standards created by an AED technical committee comprised of dealer, manufacturer and academic experts. The AED Foundation is the nonprofit educational and workforce development arm of Associated Equipment Distributors....
Bobcat North American Road Tour Comes to Kansas City
Bobcat Co., which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, last week made the second of 23 stops on its North American Road Tour at the American Royal Center in Kansas City, Mo. ...
Spider Announces Promotions and First Trainee Program Graduates
Spider a division of SafeWorks LLC last week announced the return of Clint Ramberg to the company in the west region area director role....
RSC Acquires New England Aerial Specialist American Equipment Rentals
Ahern Rentals Boosts Revenue 31.5 Percent in First Quarter
Aggreko to Help Power 2010 Winter Games
Acme Lift Names Ryan COO
New RER 100 Nears $14 Billion
Doosan’s Silber Set to Retire
Volvo CE Adds New Compact Equipment Dealership Near Baltimore
The Rental Show Moves Up to No. 61 on the List of Top U.S. Tradeshows
Art’s Opens Second Louisville Branch
From The Editor
It has been an eventful week in the rental industry. Private equity firm Platinum Equity Capital has reached an agreement to acquire Maxim Crane Rental, the second-largest crane rental company to be acquired by a private equity firm in the past month....
Burris Revenues Boost H&E’s First Quarter Increase
H&E Equipment Services increased 17.2 percent to $245.8 million in first-quarter revenue, compared with $209.7 million in the first quarter last year. The company’s recent acquisition of J.W. Burress in the mid-Atlantic region contributed $27.6 million of the $36.1 increase. EBITDA jumped 7.8 percent to $56.4 million compared with $52.3 million in the same period last year, with Mid-Atlantic contributing $1.4 million....
Private Equity Firm to Acquire Maxim Crane
Maxim Crane Works Holdings last week announced a merger agreement with affiliates of Platinum Equity Capital Partners. The agreement calls for Platinum Equity to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Maxim Crane for $42.50 per share in a cash transaction....
Stephenson’s Opens Niagara Falls Branch
Mississauga, Ontario-based Stephenson’s Rental Services last week announced the extension of its branch network into the Niagara Region with a new location, which opened May 1 in Niagara Falls, Ont. The 8,000-square-foot facility will enhance Stephenson’s ability to serve its broad customer base across Southern Ontario....
Brandeis Machinery to Construct New Evanston Facility
Brandeis Machinery, one of the largest equipment dealerships in North America, has acquired 16 acres of land cycles to build a new facility in Evanston, Ky. Charles Leis, president of the Louisville-based company, said the planned new retail location, which will include a large equipment showroom, will cost $4.8 million to construct. The location will have more than 42,000 square feet of space, one-third larger than the current facility. Construction will begin after infrastructure is completed, including highway exists and access roads....
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