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Demand forecast to rise +5.4% per year to 4.3 billion tonnes in 2015, fuelled by Asia Pacific growth and mature market rebound

Hewden has just signed a 12-month contract with Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions to supply operated plant in the UK.

UK-based rental software company Insphire has established a permanent US sales office, located in Houston, Texas.

Temporary structures firm De Boer is gearing up for a busy year in 2012 with several headline events calling on its services in the UK.

Declines in Slovenia and Portugal drive 2% year-on-year fall in Europe’s (EU27) construction output in October

Mr Finn Løkken, managing director of Cramo Norway AS and a senior vice president in Cramo’s group management team, is to resighn from his position and pursue a career outside the rental industry.

You should never be surprised by acquisitions in the rental industry. That is true in particular of United Rentals, since it owes its status as the world’s biggest rental company to the more than 250 transactions it has made in the last 14 years.

The long-anticipated sale of German rental company Baurent has finally been announced, with Netherlands-based Boels Rental to acquire the business on 1 January 2012.

Aggreko is to convert its 145 MW diesel temporary power plant in Ghorashal, Bangladesh into a natural gas plant. The change, agreed with client Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), will extend the contract period to 2015 and increase its value by US$100 million.

United Rentals is to acquire RSC Equipment Rental in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at US$18 per share, or a total enterprise value of $4.2 billion, including $2.3 billion of net debt. It is the largest acquistion ever in the equipment rental market.

Transport concessions and international footprint will help insulate sector in 2012, but outlook remains weak

It is with great sadness that Trico Equipment Services acknowledges the passing of Joe Pustizzi, Sr., age 96. Joe Senior, as he was known to many, founded the original Trico Equipment in 1952 with his wife Angie, which was to later become two of the largest equipment rental companies in the country.

Volvo Rents has acquired Midwest Aerials & Equipment, the four-depot aerial platform rental firm headquartered in St Louis.

Turkish aerial platform company İstanbul Vinç has established a specialist atrium lift rental company called Örümcekci (Örümcek is Turkish for spider).

Riwal is to reduce its Spanish fleet by around 25% to 1500 units but said it remained absolutely committed to the Spanish market.

Czech Republic compressor and genset manufacturer Atmos Chrast has invested €1.5 million in its component production division.

Cummins Power Generation has announced a 3% general price increase effective on 1 January, 2012.

Sweden's HTC has introduced a new dust extractor to its range of floor cleaning products.

International Rental News (IRN) can now be read in an online format offering more features than the .pdf file digital version. The magazine is also offered as a printed paper issue.

Chinese equipment manufacturer to introduce customer leasing and financing programme