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International construction and infrastructure company Skanska, headquartered in Sweden has announced that will only use boom type aerial work platforms on its UK sites that are equipped with anti-crushing devices.

Colleagues and customers have been paying tribute to Mark Nolan, product development director of rental software company MCS, who passed away on 3 November 2011.

Australian family-owned rental company Kennards Hire has presented its 850 employees with a A$3 million (€2.25 million) annual bonus, averaging at A$4600 (€3440) per worker.

Caterpillar is to switch manufacture of mini-excavators and small track-type tractors from its Sagami facility in Japan to a new factory in North America.

The BICES exhibition held in Beijing, China on 18-21 October gave yet more evidence of the speed at which Chinese manufacturers can develop and launch new products. Murray Pollok and Chris Sleight report from the Jiu Hua International Exhibition Center.

The renaming of Atlas Copco’s Portable Air division to Portable Energy reflects a widening of the division’s product range beyond its famous compressors. Murray Pollok reports from Portable Energy’s headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium.

Onsite Rental Group in Australia wants to provide its customers with a real alternative to the country’s dominant player, Coates Hire. The company’s managing director, Mark Rich, talks to IRN Editor Murray Pollok.

Murray Pollok reports on the latest efforts to combat equipment theft - including an ERA initiative for Europe - and looks at some of the latest asset tracking systems.

Rental markets are performing very well in many areas of the world, less so in others like western Europe and North America. Murray Pollok provides some of the latest rental statistics and talks to rental companies in four continents.

Four UK machine control and automation specialists - MOBA Mobile Automation UK, OnGrade, GKN Technik and Halomec - have formed the Construction Equipment Technology Alliance (CETA) to promote mobile control technology in the UK. Murray Pollok reports from the association's open days held at Uttoxeter racecourse in June.

Qatar may be in the headlines following the news that it will host the 2022 World Cup, but rental managers in the region tell Murray Pollok that most of the rental action is currently elsewhere.

VP plc left the general plant hire sector in 2000 to develop specialist rental businesses in sectors including groundworks, compressed air, railways and tool hire. Murray Pollok talks to group managing director Neil Stothard about the attractions of specialising.

IRN looks at some of the new compaction equipment available, including machines from JCB, Hamm, Paclite, Weber MT and Masterpac. We start, however, with Chris Sleight’s report on the latest tandem rollers from Bomag.

The IRE exhibition and ERA convention in Amsterdam was a meeting place for debating rental, seeing new equipment and networking. Murray Pollok and Helen Wright report on the three day event.

The telehandler is one of the products most exposed to the house building market in Europe and North America, and in recent years has been severely depressed as a result. However, as IRN reports, manufacturers are preparing for the upturn in demand with new and improved machines in all sizes.

Spanish manufacturer Ausa plans to more than treble its sales over the next five years by expanding its product range, diversifying away from construction and selling a lot more outside Spain. Murray Pollok spoke to the company’s commercial director, Josep Soler.

The North American rental sector is making a welcome return to growth this year, with an expected 5-10% increase in revenues. However, as Murray Pollok reports, the recovery remains far from robust.

HSS has grown its revenues and key accounts business at a time when others in the UK are still struggling with falls in construction activity. The company's chief operating officer, David Downie, tells Murray Pollok how they have done it.

A round-up of new product information and applications stories from the pump rental sector.

Sales of mini excavators are starting to recover from the lows of 2009 and 2010, and as they do, so the flow of new models has started to resume. Murray Pollok reports.