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The second International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) US Convention will focus on AWP management responsibilities. It will be held on October 22-23 in the Orlando area at the Bohemian Hotel Celebration, 700 Bloom Street, Celebration, FL 32747. This member event is also open to non-members.

UK rental company Hewden has appointed Aaron Barden as its new sales director.

A new distributor and exporter of powered access equipment and forklift trucks has been established in Belgium.

Germany’s HKL Baumaschinen has opened its second depot in Austria, in Linz, just two months after establishing its first depot in the country.

Coates Offshore, the oil and gas rental business in Aberdeen, UK and owned by Coates Hire of Australia, has completed a £17 million fleet investment programme in support of its international growth strategy.

Michel Petitjean, secretary general at the European Rental Association (ERA) will address this year's CEWEF on key issues for the rental industry.

Malcolm Early is returning to the access industry as vice president of marketing at Skyjack. He joins Skyjack from Volvo Construction Equipment where he has been director of special projects in the marketing department for the past five years.

The worldwide power rental market will more than double in size to US$17 billion by 2017 according to a new report by a US market research company.

Two Hitachi excavators with clamshell telescopic arms have helped contractors meet deadlines on the massive London Crossrail project in the UK.

Nationwide Platforms has taken delivery of its latest large truck mounted platform, a 70 m Bronto S70 XDT. This follows the investment in an 84 m Bronto before the summer.

US luxury homebuilder reports jump in net income and revenues in nine-month results

KHL Group has published a selection of interviews with rental managers compiled from the last three years of International Rental News (IRN) magazine.

Hewden will sell more than 500 items of plant and equipment at its upcoming auction on 11 September in Harrogate, UK.

There is a 2 September deadline to get the discounted rate for the Europlatform conference on 20 September in Edinburgh, UK.

The industrial division of Canadian company Linamar, which largely includes Skyjack, saw sales increase 48.6% or CN$48.6 million from Q2 2011 to CN$148.6 million. The sales increase was "primarily due to significant increases in demand in the access equipment markets resulting from fleet replacement initiatives," Linamar said in a statement.

Las Vegas-based Ahern Rentals has been given two more months to organize its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

Eighty percent of equipment is imported into the country, according to report

All JCB mini and midi excavators sold in the UK now come with immobilisers fitted as standard.

Data for June shows EU output fell 5.8% year-on-year, fuelled by declines in Portugal, UK, Hungary and Slovakia

UK engine distributor Engines Plus Ltd has launched a new range of power generators aimed at the UK construction, rental and outside event markets.