This Too Shall Pass
As part of an ongoing series of interviews on how manufacturers and rental companies are coping with increased costs in the middle of a market slowdown, RER recently interviewed Peter Bigwood, president of Atlas Copco Construction Tools, Westfield, Mass. Bigwood spoke with RER’s Michael Roth about the effects of the current “perfect storm” and how manufacturers and rental companies are looking to improve efficiencies in the supply chain....
RER Interviews Dave Christifulli on Process Re-engineering
In its July issue, RER examines how manufacturers and rental companies are dealing with burgeoning costs of fuel and materials, and how this, along with an economic slowdown, affects relationships between manufacturers and rental companies. RER conducted a number of interesting interviews with manufacturers, rental company owners and lenders examining these issues from various perspectives and will run a series of these interviews in RER Reports. This week RER editor Michael Roth interviews Dave Christifulli, former senior executive with Wacker Corp. and now president of Christifulli Consulting Group....
Unusual Wear and Tear
In its July issue, RER examines how manufacturers and rental companies are dealing with burgeoning costs of fuel and materials, and how this, along with an economic slowdown, affects relationships between manufacturers and rental companies. RER conducted a number of interesting interviews with manufacturers, rental company owners and lenders examining these issues from various perspectives and will run a series of these interviews in RER Reports. The first interview is with Harry Schneider, president of Allied Financial Solutions, Florence, Ky....
Skidding Obstacles
What is your company doing to make skid steers more eco-friendly?...
A New Framework of Resources
With more than 25 years in rental software, Jack Shea, Solutions By Computer CEO, is often described as the “godfather” of equipment rental software, and his company, Solutions by Computer, has more users in the rental market than any other software company. A few days after SBC was acquired by Constellation Software, RER editor Michael Roth spoke with Shea about the company’s future plans....
No Longer a Secret
Despite having more than $4.5 billion in sales in 2006, JCB has been called “the best-kept secret” in the United States. CEO John Patterson started 37 years ago in the service department and has led the company through amazing growth in recent years. At the recent ConExpo convention, RER editor Michael Roth sat down with JCB CEO John Patterson and talked about the importance of rental, the worldwide growth of the company, its family culture, product development plans for the next stage of growth and more....
Conduit to the Channel
With a new group of rental-oriented products that previously was part of Ingersoll-Rand, Volvo Construction Equipment needed to create a new entity to represent those products to its own rental network as well as other rental companies. Hence the creation of Volvo Rental Sales. RER editor Michael Roth recently caught up with Kale Paulson, national sales manager for the U.S. and Canada for the new entity....
Investments in Peoples' Dreams
It took the dedication of four lifelong New Orleans residents and one of the world's fastest-growing equipment manufacturers, but equipment rental is...
Cream of the Kropp
If Dodge hadn't gotten to it first, the slogan Grab Life By the Horns could easily be the perfect motto for aerial lift specialist Kropp Equipment. The...
Expansion Expedites Rentals
In order to succeed in any business, one needs to address the current situation and ask the question: What can I do to increase revenue while also meeting...
A regional model that works
During the consolidation era of the late 1990s and early 2000s, the popular wisdom was that the age of the regional rental company had passed and that...
