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Hitachi accelerates rental programme

Dealer rental initiative to be accelerated after a successful first year in which 375 machines have entered dealer fleets

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New Makita centre in London
Addition of third factory service centre to improve Makita UK’s national coverage
Boels chooses Briggs & Stratton
Dutch rental company opts for Vanguard engines to enhance its fleet
UK Platforms sale complete
HSS has completed the sale of UK Platforms to Nationwide Platforms for £60.5 million ($78 million).
Snorkel and Xtreme celebrate with launches
Snorkel celebrates 60th year with two new telehandlers at World of Concrete; sister company Xtreme launches three units
European Rental Awards: call for entries!
The European Rental Awards are open for entries, with seven categories to choose from. Deadline, Friday 15 February, 2019
BigChange scales up
UK rental IT company acquires Labyrinth Logistics Consulting and Trace Systems

Manitou to debut compact telehandler

The company will use World of Concrete to showcase its new RS4-14 unit

Snorkel launches revamped website

Celebrating its 60th year, the company debuted a brand-new global site

MHM invests in sustainable power

UK power specialist spent €5.5 million on sustainable power generation in second half of 2018

Italian machinery growth

Italian exports of earthmoving machinery up 6.2% by September, Samoter-Prometeia Observatory finds

JLG BIM expansion

JLG has expanded its BIM library, which now includes the company’s compact crawler booms

Plantforce buys Hawk's Hinkley business

UK rental company Plantforce Rentals is to acquire the equipment and employees from Hawk Plant that are working on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant

IAPA 2019 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the International Awards for Powered Access 2019 follows the judges’ meeting in Amsterdam this week

National Hire Week

HAE and EHA announce week starting 4 February to be dedicated to promoting rental

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RT scissors: Ramping up

AI looks at the latest models and emerging trends in the rough terrain scissor lift market

Aviation access

Simon Francis, MSA Safety, reveals how to minimise the risk of injury to employees and damage to aircraft

Access: a bright spark in Turkey

Turkey is destined to become one of the world’s major access markets. It just needs to get over the hurdle of an economic crisis

Truck mounts: compact trends

The 3.5 tonne GVW market in Europe is taking on new levels of activity. Compact machinery is not just a trend in that area, however

Tracked platforms

This equipment is often compact and powered through bi-energy. Nevertheless, Lithium and more compact proportions are the future

Interview: Don Ahern

AI spoke to Don Ahern, owner of the Ahern family of companies, about the fast-changing global rental and manufacturing scene

Trax pass Greenland test

A Genie S-45 TraX assisted in construction at Summit Station, a polar research platform in Greenland, thanks to dealer Jøma

Global vertical masts

Vertical masts are becoming more popular, finding greater acceptance in their potential core areas of work

IRN100 Special Extended Version 2018

Annual survey of the world’s top 100 equipment rental companies. Provides extra analysis with a variety of tables and graphs on nearly all 100 companies.

IRN Products & Services Newsletter

Keep up to date with the latest new product and service launches for the rental market. Sent by e-mail each month register here to get your regular free copy.

Volvo CE to go electric on smaller machines

Volvo CE to launch electric range of compact wheeled loaders and compact excavators

Keynote speaker announced for Diesel Progress Summit

Ramin Younessi at Caterpillar confirmed as a Keynote speaker for the inaugural Diesel Progress Summit (DPS)

Brexit vote means ‘further uncertainty’

Vote over Prime Minister’s deal for UK to leave EU leads to fears that Pound will decline further

Private investor to acquire GAM

Spanish investment fund Halekulani SL to buy 63% share of Spanish rental company for €20.5 million

Europower’s Stage V seminar

Belgian generator supplier to host seminar to clarify implications of Stage V for gensets

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European Rental Awards: call for entries!
The European Rental Awards are open for entries, with seven categories to choose from. Deadline, Friday 15 February, 2019
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