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Huge savings with Doosan electric compressor
HP750e offers lower purchase cost than Tier 4 Interim equivelent and will be cheaper to run than a diesel machine.
Allight Sykes to build lighting towers in Dubai
Allight Sykes, the Australian pumps, power, lighting tower and compressor specialist, is to start manufacturing lighting towers at a new facility in Dubai, the Middle East.
Aggreko signals readiness to help in Japan
Aggreko said it is ready to help Japan in the aftermath of last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami.
Godwin Pumps to integrate ITT technology
Godwin Pumps, exhibiting at ConExpo, said impeller designs and remote pump monitoring systems from ITT are to be integrated into Godwin’s dri-prime pumps – the first technical synergies between the two since ITT acquired Godwin last year.
Multiquip to launch 'distinctive' lighting tower
Multiquip is to introduce a ‘new look’ lighting tower at Conexpo.
Aggreko acquires New Zealand power renter
Aggreko is to acquire New Zealand power rental company N. Z. Generator Hire Ltd for NZ$27.5 million (£12.7 million). NZ had revenues of NZ$13 million (£6.0 million) in 2010 and Aggreko said it was the largest power renter in the country.
Doosan Portable Power to remove Ingersoll Rand branding
Doosan Infracore Portable Power (DIPP) will use ConExpo to announce the worldwide rebranding of its range of generators, compressors and lighting towers, with the Doosan name to replace Ingersoll Rand.
Malthus wins accommodation rental contracts worth £58 million
Norway-based Malthus has won a £28 million contract to build a temporary camp for 850 oil and gas workers on the UK’s Shetland Islands.
Pioneer Pump opens South African assembly plant
Pioneer Pump opened a pump assembly facility in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the end of 2010. The plant will assemble portable pumps for the rental and mining markets in southern Africa.
More fuel cell power units enter rental market
Three fuel cell power generation systems are being rented in the UK by UPS Systems following an agreement with French fuel cell specialist Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy.
World of Concrete launch for Doosan LSC lighting tower
Doosan Infracore Portable Power has launched a new light tower that combines compact transport dimensions with improved light distribution.
SDMO gives renters close-up on Compact range
SDMO has been showing European rental buyers its new range of Rental Compact generators, the first of which was launched at the Bauma exhibition last year.
RSS expands power projects division and recruits manager
Middle East temperature control and power rental company Rental Solutions & Services (RSS) is expanding its international power projects business and has recruited an experienced power rentals manager, Peter den Boogert, to head up the operation.
Multiquip launches fuel cell powered lighting tower
Multiquip will launch the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered lighting tower at the World of Concrete exhibition, being held in Las Vegas on 18-21 January. The company said it is the first of a series of fuel cell powered products that it will launch.
Atlas Copco launches smallest ever portable compressor
Atlas Copco is launching its smallest portable compressor yet and its first petrol powered unit. The new XAS 27 is powered by a Honda GX30 engine and is pitched as “price competitive unit for customers who want a compressor to run just one tool.”
Denyo to launch 'ultra silent' 100 kVA genset in 2011
Denyo Europe BV is to extend its range of ultra silent gensets next year with the launch of a 100 kVA unit to add to the 20 and 37 kVA units already available.
Charles Wilson invests in TowerLights
UK rental company Charles Wilson Engineers (CW Plant) has placed a “significant order” with TowerLight UK for the VT1 SuperLight lighting tower.
Aggreko buys Rocky Mountain oil and gas rental company
Aggreko has acquired Northland Power Services, a power rental company that services oil and gas companies in the Rocky Mountain region of the US. The price is US$26 million.
United Rentals opens three new 'specialty' branches
United Rentals has opened three specialist power and temperature control rental locations in Washington State, North Carolina and Texas. The branches are located in Tacoma (Washington), Charlotte (NC), and Beaumont (TX).
Gemini to distribute Allmand lighting towers in India
Gemini Power Hydraulics has taken on the distribution of Allmand Bros lighting towers in India and the two companies are discussing the possibility of assembling or manufacturing lighting towers in the country.
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