Rental Operations

HSS engages advisers to conduct strategic review

HSS Hire has engaged financial advisers to conduct a strategic review of its options, signalling the possible sale of the business. ...more
Ahern Rentals gets extra 120 days to prepare Chapter 11 plan

A bankruptcy court in the US has granted Ahern Rentals a further 120 days in which to prepare a restructuring plan as part of the Chapter 11 process. ...more
Boels makes acquisitions in Belgium and Germany

Boels Rentals in the Netherlands has confirmed two more rental acquisitions in Europe. One is of a small rental business in Belgium, Loca-System, and ...more
Brazil World Cup and Olympic projects intensifying says Mills

Work on World Cup and Olympic projects in Brazil is “intensifying” according to Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia SA, the formwork, scaffoldin ...more
ALEC president to give rental presentation at M&T Expo

The president of the Brazilian rental association ALEC, Marco Aurélio da Cunha, will give a presentation on the Brazilian rental market at the upcomin ...more
End users agree on the most important rental services, finds IRN survey

Equipment users across the world are in broad agreement over the most important elements of rental service, with on-time delivery, availability of equ ...more
Ramirent restructures in Central Europe as growth continues elsewhere

Ramirent said recovery in all of its markets continued in the first quarter of the year with the exception of its Europe Central area, which covers Cz ...more
AFI adds Light Hire and Instant Training

UK access rental company AFI has acquired Light Hire, a 100-unit access rental business with a depot in Exeter. ...more
Aggreko opens Cape Town service centre

New facility will provide temporary power and temperature control services to the local shipping and oil and gas industries as well as businesses oper ...more
Coates Hire CEO welcomes rental award

Coates Hire chief executive officer Leigh Ainsworth said winning the Australian rental company of the year award at last week’s Hire and Rental Indust ...more
United Rentals promotes Matt Flannery to COO

United Rentals has appointed Matt Flannery as the company’s chief operating officer and executive vice president. He will lead the integration of RSC ...more
Caterpillar updates strategy on European rental

Caterpillar is taking a less prescriptive approach to the development of the Cat Rental Store network in Europe, with dealers still being encouraged t ...more
Submit your IRN-100 survey data now

We invite rental companies around the world to submit data for International Rental News’ seventh IRN-100 survey of the largest 100 equipment rental c ...more
Massive growth for Australian rental start-up

In its first year of business Australian rental company Uphire has grown from a one man business with just one machine to a company with a 50+ strong ...more
Volvo Rents buys Nelico in Wyoming

Volvo Rents continued its North American acquisition spree last week with the acquisition of Nelico Equipment Service and Supplies, a three-branch ren ...more
Russian rental market to triple by 2015 says report

The Russian rental market grew by almost 35% in 2011 to reach an estimated value of €700 million and could triple in size by 2015, according to the Ru ...more
Neff Rental goes live with SmartEquip

Neff Rental has gone live on the SmartEquip network in North America, further expanding SmartEquip coverage of the North American rental sector. ...more
Lavendon boosted by growth in France and Middle East

Lavendon reported an 8% increase in revenues in the first three months of the year, with growth led by France and the Middle East, both of which repor ...more
First quarter records for United Rentals and RSC

United Rentals said its first quarter results showed record levels of time utilisation, fleet growth and EBITDA profits on revenues of US$656 million, ...more
Xylem invests heavily in French pump rental fleet

Pump manufacturer Xylem is to make significant investments in its French rental fleet in the coming five years to expand its product range and open ne ...more
Aggreko wins US$80m Dominican Republic contract

Aggreko has won a two-year, 100 MW gas powered generation contract worth US$80 million in the Dominican Republic. It has also announced that projected ...more
HSS wins contract with Gatwick Airport

HSS Hire has won a contract with London’s Gatwick Airport to supply all tools and equipment used on the airport, covering not just equipment used by t ...more
Ramirent trials forklift rental in Finland

Ramirent is trialling the short term rental of forklift trucks in Finland and if successful will extend the programme to the rest of the Nordic region ...more
Ramirent appoints head of Finnish business

Ramirent has appointed former Nokia and KONE executive Anna Hyvönen as senior vice president and managing director of Ramirent Finland and member of t ...more
United Rentals opens three specialty rentals locations

United Rentals has expanded its specialty rentals operation by opening new trench safety and power rental locations in New Hampshire, New Jersey and T ...more
Altrad buys Generation Hire in the UK

French scaffolding group Altrad has acquired Generation Hire & Sales, a nationwide seller and renter of access equipment. The price has not been discl ...more

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