All Mergers & acquisitions Articles

United Rentals acquires in Europe
Deal adds eight locations in the Benelux region
Warren Cat acquires in Texas
Purchase adds two branches in the Lone Star State
Eiffage and Entech joint venture targets €1bn energy storage market
French construction group Eiffage and technology firm Entech have formed a joint venture dedicated to construction major energy storage projects
Bishop Lifting expands Canadian footprint
The company has completed the acquisition of Oceanside Equipment, a wholesale distributor of rigging and mooring products.
Mott MacDonald buys up engineering and energy consultancy company
Engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has bought Australian consultancy firm Merz Consulting
Mills moves into forklift market
Acquisition adds fleet of 1,900 machines
Volvo CE buys stake in fleet software developer
Volvo CE says that services are growing to be just as important to fleets as their machines
Austrian bank drops plans to buy Russian-owned stake in Strabag amid US pressure
Austrian-based Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has dropped a plan to buy a €1.5 billion (US$1.6 billion) stake in Austrian construction group Strabag from Russian shareholders, reportedly amid pressure from the US
Oshkosh to buy Spain’s Ausa
Deal will add wide range of compact equipment to JLG’s range
Herc acquires East Coast rental business
Herc Rentals continues its expansion with addition of four-branch firm 
Interview: Loxam Brazil CEO on rental market growth
CEO talks energy transition, rental demand, and more
Stantec acquires UK-based engineering design rival Hydrock
Canadian engineering firm Stantec has bought its UK-based engineering design rival Hydrock, in a move that it said would strengthen its UK offering
Egis buys UK-based construction cost and project management company
Global architectural, advisory, consulting and construction engineering company Egis has acquired UK-based cost and project management consultancy Thomas & Adamson
How Sunbelt Rentals plans to become a $14-billion company in five years
Focused on growing specialty rental alongside an ambitious goal for greenfield startups, Ashtead’s US-based rental giant laid out some ambitious goals with its Sunbelt 4.0 five-year plan
BMS Stangeland acquires Havator
Scandinavian joint venture crane company adds Havator in Finland and Sweden
Xwatch Safety Solutions merges with Hexagon
Merger to improve construction site safety
Interview: Will a ban on noncompete agreements affect US rental consolidation?
Josh Nickell, VP of equipment rental with the American Rental Association, talks about whether the FTC’s latest move will change the landscape of the US rental industry
Hochtief subsidiary increases stake in mining services firm
Hochtief’s Australian subsidiary Cimic has increased its stake in mining services company Thiess, in response to the importance of the energy transition.
Eiffage buys major player in European energy infrastructure market
French construction group Eiffage has acquired EQOS, a major European player in the energy infrastructure market.
US Federal Trade Commission votes to ban noncompete agreements
New rule could affect the landscape of the North American equipment rental industry, currently undergoing a wave of consolidation
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