Issue 04 Feb 2010

this week's top rental story

Hertz forms joint venture in Saudi Arabia

Hertz forms joint venture in Saudi Arabia

Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) is to start renting equipment in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture with Saudi based Dayim Holdings Company Ltd. Dayim is an investment company formed in 2006 to create partnerships with foreign investors. More...

rental news

Deadline approaches for European Rental Awards

Deadline approaches for European Rental Awards

Rental companies have just over two weeks to submit entries for this year's European Rental Awards. The deadline is Friday 26 March. More...

JCB and Volvo agree joint venture on skid steers

JCB and Volvo agree joint venture on skid steers

JCB and Volvo Construction Equipment have signed a deal under which they will co-operate on the design and manufacturing of skid steer loaders and compact tracked loaders for distribution globally under the two brands. More...

Youngman enters lighting market with TCP joint venture

Youngman enters lighting market with TCP joint venture

TCP Ltd and Youngman Group have formed a joint venture to manufacture, market and sell TCP's Ecolite range of lighting towers. More...

Grindex appoints new managing director

Grindex appoints new managing director

Grindex has appointed Joakim Cronstrand as its managing director, replacing Peter Schmidt, who is now manager of the dewatering business unit at ITT Water & Wastewater, Grindex’s sister company within ITT. More...

Speedy re-rentals hits £25 million in sales

Speedy re-rentals hits £25 million in sales

Speedy Hire said its managed services division – which re-rents equipment from other rental companies – has reached the “landmark” revenue figure of £25 million. More...

Military production helps JLG as access sales fall

Military production helps JLG as access sales fall

JLG Industries' sales of aerial platforms and telehandlers fell by 45.6% to US$200.4 million for the final quarter of 2009, although JLG benefited from an additional $527.6 million in revenues by producing M-ATV military vehicles for its parent company, Oshkosh Corp. Sales of new aerial platforms and telehandlers fell by 60%. More...

Gerken sells 100m Ruthmann lift to US rental company

Gerken sells 100m Ruthmann lift to US rental company

A new US aerial platform rental company, Abilene High Lift Aerial in Texas, is buying a second-hand Ruthmann TTS 1000 platform from German rental company Gerken. The 329 ft (100.4 m) working height unit will be used primarily for wind turbine construction and maintenance work. More...

Who has the history?

Who has the history?

Which company is North America’s oldest access rental house? Who can trace the longest lineage in their company history? ALH wants to find out More...

access and telehandler news

Youngman enters lighting market with TCP joint venture

Youngman enters lighting market with TCP joint venture

TCP Ltd and Youngman Group have formed a joint venture to manufacture, market and sell TCP's Ecolite range of lighting towers. More...

Desbriere becomes head of access at Manitou

Desbriere becomes head of access at Manitou

François Desbriere has taken over as powered access manager at Manitou, replacing previous access manager Christian Lajous who has moved to head up Manitou’s pricing department. More...

Speedy re-rentals hits £25 million in sales

Speedy re-rentals hits £25 million in sales

Speedy Hire said its managed services division – which re-rents equipment from other rental companies – has reached the “landmark” revenue figure of £25 million. More...

Military production helps JLG as access sales fall

Military production helps JLG as access sales fall

JLG Industries' sales of aerial platforms and telehandlers fell by 45.6% to US$200.4 million for the final quarter of 2009, although JLG benefited from an additional $527.6 million in revenues by producing M-ATV military vehicles for its parent company, Oshkosh Corp. Sales of new aerial platforms and telehandlers fell by 60%. More...

Gerken sells 100m Ruthmann lift to US rental company

Gerken sells 100m Ruthmann lift to US rental company

A new US aerial platform rental company, Abilene High Lift Aerial in Texas, is buying a second-hand Ruthmann TTS 1000 platform from German rental company Gerken. The 329 ft (100.4 m) working height unit will be used primarily for wind turbine construction and maintenance work. More...

Who has the history?

Who has the history?

Which company is North America’s oldest access rental house? Who can trace the longest lineage in their company history? ALH wants to find out More...

construction news

JCB and Volvo agree joint venture on skid steers

JCB and Volvo agree joint venture on skid steers

JCB and Volvo Construction Equipment have signed a deal under which they will co-operate on the design and manufacturing of skid steer loaders and compact tracked loaders for distribution globally under the two brands. More...

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