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Speedy Hire’s newest Multi Service Centre (MSC) in Glasgow, UK, is part of a project that will see a complete restructuring its depot network. Murray Pollok visited the site and spoke to the company’s Colin Naylor, operations director for UK and Ireland.
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André Véronneau, long-standing CEO of Montreal-based Simplex Equipment Rental, tells Lindsey Anderson about the challenges of working in modern-day Quebec and why the company is refocusing its business on aerial platforms and industrial forklifts.
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Already an international business, Himoinsa continues to invest in expanding its production footprint worldwide. Murray Pollok visited the company at its headquarters in Murcia, Spain and spoke to Francisco J Gracia, executive director.
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A partial demerger at Metso is designed to allow the company to concentrate on core parts of the business, according to CEO Matti Kähkönen
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Despite facing an influx of competition and stalled construction work due to organized crime, Simplex Equipment Rental maintains a strong foothold in the Quebec equipment rental market.
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Caterpillar dealers in Russia/CIS hope to be at the forefront of a fast developing rental market. Murray Pollok reports.
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IRN talks to Peter den Boogert, global business development director of Altaaqa Global, the new Dubai-based power rental company created by Saudia Arabian Cat dealer Zahid Tractor.
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The generator set market is becoming increasingly crowded as traditional genset manufacturers increasingly see competition from engine OEMs as well. Murray Pollok reports.
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Riwal’s CEO Norty Turner says he wants the company to be at the forefront of developing the access rental market around the world. Murray Pollok spoke to him at the company’s new head office in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
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IRN Editor Murray Pollok asks Moriaki Kadoya, president/CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe), for his views on the rental market.
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Murray Pollok asks Tony Helsham, CEO of Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment, about the lure of the rental market, and the dangers.
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Murray Pollok talks to Zeppelin Rental's Wolfgang Hahnenberg and Peter Schrader on the company's Bauma stand.
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Crane industry stalwart Jeff Brundell has resigned as a Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) board director
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More than 120 Spanish rental managers met in Madrid in early March to discuss the continuing crisis in the country’s rental industry. There were no easy answers, as Nuria Martí (in Madrid) and Murray Pollok report.
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Specialist engineering consultancy RVA Group has just celebrated 20 successful years. As the team marks this significant milestone, managing director Richard Vann provides a personal perspective on how the UK demolition industry has evolved
Lindsey Anderson talks exclusively to Don Ahern, CEO of Ahern Rentals, about the Chapter 11 process.
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Las Vegas-based Ahern Rentals – the largest independent renter in the US - entered the Chapter 11 bancruptcy process in December 2011 and is still battling to come out. Don Ahern, the company’s CEO, talked exclusively to Lindsey Anderson, editor of IRN sister title Access lift & Handlers (ALH).
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Peter Blake, CEO of Ritchie Bros, tells Murray Pollok that the company will soon be meeting the needs of people who don’t like to buy or sell equipment at unreserved auctions.
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Kaeser Kompressoren is now in its third generation of Kaeser family ownership and shows no signs of slowing down. IRN Editor Murray Pollok met CEO Thomas Kaeser at the company’s headquarters in Coburg, Germany.
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Don Ahern discusses his company's bankruptcy exclusively with Access, Lift & Handlers
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Newly elected EIC president Duccio Astaldi wants fair contract conditions, fair competition in international markets and transparency in the construction sector.