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SDMO has added the CIR 20 Dry container to its Rental Power range of products. Designed for its larger gensets, the container provides improved transportability, better noise reduction and greater ease of use.

Terex had a net loss of US $ 75 million for the first quarter of 2009, compared to a net profit of US$ 163 million for the first quarter of 2008. Sales were US$ 1.30 billion, a decrease of -45% from US$ 2.36 billion in the first quarter of 2008.

Australian rental executives Garry Woods and Barry Meale, directors and shareholders of New Zealand rental company HireQuip, have been attending Intermat to cement relationships with the company’s key equipment suppliers.

Takeuchi said its all electric mini-excavator model - seen in prototype at Intermat in 2006 - is now likely to be launched in 2010.

Kubota showed a prototype of its first 'dash-4' range of excavators at Intermat. The 5.5 t rated KX057-4 will be introduced in Europe in October.

European Rental Association (ERA) president Gerad Deprez said rental company and equipment dealers should cooperate more closely, and in particular could do more to work together on remarketing of used equipment.

The biggest construction equipment show this year, the Intermat exhibition in Paris (20 to 25 April) has started with the first visitors arriving for the opening at 9 am this morning.

Speedy Hire said it is preparing for a challenging market for the next two to three years, with the possibility that the worst of the UK recession was still to come.

Aggreko said it had made a strong start to 2009 with total revenues in the three months to 31 March 2009 growing by 42%, although this falls to 17% on a constant currency basis.

There is still time to organise your trip to the European Rental Association's annual Convention and the IRN/ERA European Rental Awards, being held at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, UK, on 26-27 May.

JCB Inc's chief executive officer defines business units and announces new telehandler model

Belgian genset manufacturer Europower is offering Intermat visitors the opportunity to win a “valuable prize” by coming up with new product ideas.

On Vermeer's stand will be the new, 750 kg BC160XL brush chipper, designed for the European market, said the US company. The BC160XL has an in-feed opening of 16 cm x 22 cm and dual in-feed rollers. It is road towable and powered by a 21 kW, water-cooled Kohler diesel engine.

At Intermat will be the latest additions - the AGB-10 and AGB-18 - to TABE's heavy-duty hammer range. Joining the AGB-15 are the 950 kg AGB-10, which is suitable for excavators weighing from 10 to 16 t, and the 1850 kg AGB-18, which is for 24 to 28 t machines. Both new breakers feature TABE's coupling system that eliminates tie rods, which prevents breakages and breakdowns, said the Spanish company.

Bergmann is showing two, new 9000 kg capacity dumpers, the 2090 and 3009. They fill the gap between the German company's 6000 kg payload 2060 model and the 12000 kg capacity 3012, launched at Bauma 2007.

Cramo is raising €50 million by issuing ‘hybrid capital bonds’, with the funds being used to reduce its interest-bearing debt. The bonds have been bought by Finnish investors, said the company on 15 April.

Volvo Rents, the rental arm of Volvo Construction Equipment, named franchise holder Paul Bullock and family in the US as its 2008 Franchise of the Year. It is the third year in a row that the Louisiana family has won the honour.

Kanamoto Co Ltd, one of Japan’s leading construction equipment rental companies, is to acquire the four rental subsidiaries of Narasaki Sangyo Co Ltd, based in Sapporo.