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Alo goes pink for cancer awareness
Chile’s Alo Group hosts range of breast cancer awareness initiatives 
Latam Rental 45 ranking reveals solid regional growth
Brazilian firms continue to dominate, with the country’s leading firm showing a big increase in growth this year
South American construction equipment market ‘worth US$7.1 billion’
Government investment in infrastructure, high commodity prices and a degree of political stability should help to construction equipment sales in South America
Fluor sells Ameco South America
Company completes divestiture of equipment business
How one company pioneered the access market in Chile
Sandra Franco, the founder of Alo Group, on the access sector in Chile and the region. 
Multitel Pagliero enters South American market
Italian manufacturer signs deal with representative to establish rental and distributor customer base 
Chile’s equipment market worth US$1 billion
A bounce-back from the Covid pandemic and sharply rising global commodity prices saw the Chilean equipment market double in size in 2021
Spain’s GAM doubles profit in 2021
Acquisitions and investments strengthen GAM’s position
Latin American rental in the spotlight
How are rental companies in Latin America responding to the supply chain challenges? Cristian Peters, Editor of IRN’s sister magazine, Construction Latin America (CLA), reports.
Chilean modular space specialist buys in Spain
Tecno Fast’s acquisiton of Alco represents first entry into Europe
Finning’s Canadian rental business drops 19% in Q1
Caterpillar dealer attributes fall to Covid-19 work stoppages
High altitude rentals
IRN’s Murray Pollok talks to Aggreko’s Pablo Varela about the particular demands of a goldmine project high in the Chilean Andes mountains.
Aggreko wins 25.9MW hybrid power project in Chile
Contract with mining company Gold Fields will comprise solar and diesel power for the new Salares Norte mine
Podcast: Pablo Lam, SK Rental, discusses challenging times
The managing director of one of South America’s largest rental businesses talks Covid-19
Canada slowdown hits Finning’s rental business
Rental and used equipment revenues in Canada were down 20% in the final quarter
Mateco Spain acquires Afron
Rental company buys Afron Capital shares to acquire oldest MEWP hire company
Private investor to acquire GAM
Spanish investment fund Halekulani SL to buy 63% share of Spanish rental company for €20.5 million
Alo trains up IPAF instructors
Alo Training, based in Chile, has trained four IPAF instructors from Argentina, Chile and Panama
Chile and Colombia distributors for Ruthmann Bluelift
Ruthmann Italia’s Bluelift brand of tracked platforms are being distributed in Chile by Grupo Vertikal (VertiTek) and Lumus in Colombia under  new sales and service agreements