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UK equipment distributor and pump manufacturer ArcGen Hilta has acquired Sandhurst Manufacturing Ltd (SMC), the lighting tower and genset manufacturer. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Bredenoord’s Purity fuel cell powered generator made a working appearance at the Glastonbury Festival last week and is to embark on a tour of other festivals in the UK over the summer.

Hewden has signed a two-year rental deal with Skanska worth up to £4 million, including preferred supplier status nationwide for temporary site accommodation.

Atlas Copco Portable Air has used Bauma to highlight the implications of engine emission regulations on portable compressors and to unveil a prototype Tier 4A/Stage III B compliant XRHS 366 compressor.

Belgian genset manufacturer Europower unveils new 250 kVA generator at a special ceremony on the first day of Bauma.

Italian lighting tower and pump manufacturer TowerLight has launched a new division - DF Ecology – to develop innovative environmental products for the construction market.

Expect a big showing from one of the giants of German construction equipment manufacturing, Putzmeister, with new concrete pumps of all shapes and sizes as well as innovations in some of its less well known product ranges, like high pressure washers.

UK company Brendon Powerwashers launches its first hot water pressure washers - the company has previously focused on cold water models.

A US company is having success renting and selling Western’s Transcube fuel containers to many of the contractors working on the World Trade Center (WTC) Memorial project in New York.

Florida, US-based pump manufacturer and rental company Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co Inc is celebrating its 40th year in business. The company was founded in 1970 by George A Thompson, who formed Thompson Wellpoint & Rubber Co with his sons Bill and George Jr.

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

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.

Kishore Sidhwani has been appointed vice president of Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment. He is currently general manager of Atlas Copco’s Construction & Mining Technique Customer Centre in India and will start his new job on 1 February, located in Nacka, near Stockholm, Sweden.

Montreal's Simplex rents 15 compressors to prevent water freezing in locks on the St Lawrence River

Cummins Power Generation says its expertise in engine design will give it the edge in selling gensets to rental companies. Murray Pollok reports from the company's genset manufacturing plant in Ramsgate, UK.

How is the portable accommodation rental sector responding to the new business environment? IRN Editor, Murray Pollok, reports.

Chicago Pneumatic to offer compressors and generators Europe-wide

Netherlands power rental company Bredenoord has won a Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award for its range of alternative fuel generators.

Speedy Hire is launching a ‘Green Options’ (GO) initiative giving customers the option to choose low-carbon products from a ‘Green Range’. The scheme is part of a wider environmental awareness campaign being launched by the company.

The Irmair brand of compressors produced by Atlas Copco’s Irmer + Elze business will be sold in Europe as Chicago Pneumatic (CP) products as part of a wider expansion of the Chicago Pneumatic brand.