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New breakers, drills, compressors, generators and crushers will be seen alongside Dynapac road building equipment, including a 'concept' battery-powered roller.

Isolde & Willi Liebherr's children to co-manage group companies.

New Zealand general equipment rental company, Hirepool Limited, has bought New Zealand Access Hire from New Zealand Crane Group in order to increase its access equipment fleet.

The Executive Hire Show (EHS) almost sustained the record visitor numbers of 2011 with a 5% drop in industry visitors to 1752. The show was held at the Ricoh Arena on 8 and 9 February.

German rental company Wemo-Tec GmbH is implementing a Sycor enterprise resource platform (ERP) for its aerial platform rental business in its domestic market.

US-based Allen Engineering unveiled its latest range of walk-behind power trowels at World of Concrete 2012.

Skyjack has appointed Brian Black as its new vice president of sales.

United Rentals has acquired Coble Trench Safety, an 11-location rental company that rents trenching and shoring equipment and a range of safety products in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region.

Ramirent continued to its growth trajectory in the final quarter of 2011 with sales up 24.4% to €186.8 million and net operating profits more than doubling to €25.5 million. Sales for the full year rose by 22.3% to €649.9 million and operating profits increased by 149.3% to €74.1 million.

Terex Aerial Work Platforms saw the biggest increase in revenues of all the Terex divisions in 2011 posting a 63% increase to US$1.75 billion, with operating profits of $60.4 million compared to just $2.8 billion in 2010.

At The Rental Show 2012 in New Orleans, Haulotte Group told Access, Lift & Handlers it will launch a new 60-foot boom to the North American market at the end of the year. The company also announced the appointment of Jose Monfront, chief operating officer of Haulotte Group worldwide, as its new North American territory manager. Monfront has relocated from France to the United States to work closely with management.

Equipment manufacturer raises full-year construction and forestry equipment sales forecast on the back of positive results

Speedy Hire said trading in the period from 1 October 2011 to 14 February 2012 had been in line with its expectations, with underlying revenues for the third quarter (October to December) up 7.6% compared to the previous year and further improvements in profitability.

Coates Hire in Australia is to implement a price management software system supplied by US-based PROS. The system will identify buying patterns and behaviour among its customers allowing it to forecast demand, monitor product profitability, and set pricing.

Haulotte has announced a 23% increase in revenue for 2011 with growth in all geographic areas.

Temporary structures supplier De Boer is to provide more than 30000 m2 of hospitality tents at this year's European Football Championships, taking place June 8 to July 1.

The North American rental industry is poised for growth as it enters a new phase of super-large rental companies said rental consultant Dan Kaplan at the ARA’s Rental Show in New Orleans.

Cramo said the economic uncertainty in Europe had not yet impacted on its business and that rental continued to be a growth industry, with outsourcing becoming an attractive option during uncertain times.

Landscaping and mini-skid steer manufacturer The Toro Company has acquired a range of utility and underground equipment from Astec Underground, a subsidiary of Astec Industries, for an undisclosed price.