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Handing over ceremony for 225 machines takes place at IRE in Amsterdam
Independent test finds quartz dust emissions are within strict limits, even for eight hour cycles
Ramirent has signed an agreement with the Finnish House Owners' Association (Suomen Omakotiliitto) that will see Ramirent provide discounted rental services to the association’s 73000 homeowner members. The agreement covers the period 2011-2012.
Former Multiquip executives Roger Euliss, Steven Spence and Poonam Kapila have founded a light construction equipment company called Equipment Synergy International (ESI) to sell equipment globally.
Cramo has added 75 floor grinders from HTC Sweden to its rental fleet in Sweden. The order comprises 30 single-phase HTC 420 models and 45 three-phase HTC 500 and 650 units.
Swedish power distribution, lighting and climate control manufacturer El-Bjorn is making a major push into western European markets and will target rental companies in particular.
Aggreko has expanded its Aggreko Process Services (APS) offering to power generation companies and chemical and other industrial processing companies following the success of the service in the oil refinery market.
Swedish power distribution, lighting and climate control manufacturer El-Bjorn is making a major push into western European markets and will target rental companies in particular.
Chipper manufacturer GreenMech is adding a tracked version of the Quad Chip 150 woodchipper that it launched last year. The new Quad Trak 160 will be launched at the Saltex groundcare exhibition in the UK on 7-9 September.
Hilti is creating a UK-based hub for Northern Europe covering sales, marketing and purchasing in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Mobile heater manufacturer Thermobile Industries BV has appointed MMD Equipment as its new and exclusive distributor for North America.
UK heating and cooling specialist, Watkins Hire, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and continues its recent expansion by opening three new depots during the year.
Italian lighting tower and pump manufacturer TowerLight has launched a new division - DF Ecology – to develop innovative environmental products for the construction market.
US utility equipment machinery manufacturer Vermeer adds several new products at Bauma, including a new stump cutter, brush chipper, drill and compact tractor.
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.
In our online article of 16 March titled ‘Barford dumpers owner Wordsworth enters administration’ we incorrectly stated that one of the Wordsworth divisions affected was chipper manufacturer Landforce.
Temporary structure company De Boer is launching a series of specialist training courses for sub-contractors in the UK.
UK rental company GAP Group is opening a series of specialist non-mechanical plant depots throughout the country to stock equipment like props, fencing, safety barriers and trench sheets.