The only magazine for the global equipment rental sector

Equipment rental is a US$70 billion global industry and is growing fast, with more and more equipment users choosing to rent ahead of buying.

International Rental News (IRN) is written by a team of renowned international editors and reports on the latest industry news, new product launches, exhibition news and rental management issues.

IRN covers all sectors of the rental market, from construction equipment and aerial platforms, to temporary accommodation and temperature control.

 

Top Stories

  • Hertz enters China

    Hertz Equipment Rental set up subsidiary Hertz Equipment Rental China and began operations in July in Shanghai. The move, according to the US-based company, makes it "the first...global equipment rent ...more

     
  • GAM to open up in Mexico and Brazil

    Spanish rental company GAM is to establish rental businesses in Mexico this month and in Brazil before the end of the year. The new openings are part of the internationalization strategy that has alre ...more

     
  • Ashtead still growing in US and UK

    Ashtead Group said its A-Plant and Sunbelt Rentals businesses performed well in the quarter to 31 July with revenues growing and utilisation levels maintained despite both having significantly larger ...more

     
  • Freek Nijdam dies after illness

    Freek Nijdam, the Atlas Copco executive and former chief executive officer of RSC Equipment Rental, has died aged 67 following an illness. ...more

     
  • Developing markets fuel Aggreko revenue growth

    Aggreko has shrugged off US and European economic problems to post a 28.4% increase revenues to £407.7 million for the first six months of the year and a rise in pre-tax profits of 41.9% to £67.9 mill ...more

     

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