All Research Articles

Poland’s public building construction market is expected to grow by 3% to a record-high level of PLN 7.5 billion (€ 1.8 billion) in 2012

Rental companies have until the end of this week to complete the ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the third quarter and the 2012 Rental Confidence Survey for companies in the rest of the world.

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the third quarter of the year has now been launched and rental companies in Europe are encouraged to complete the survey at the links below.

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.

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

International Rental News (IRN) Editor murray Pollok has prepared a five minute podcast looking at some of the main trends from the latest IRN100 list of the world's largest 100 equipment rental companies.

IPAF's (International Powered Access Federation) accident database has recorded 17 fatal accidents involving aerial platforms worldwide for the first half of 2012.

IRN is making available as a free download a White Paper on OEM distribution strategies by experienced rental consultant Larry Kaye.

The combined growth of the Access 50 - largest powered access rental fleets in the world - is between 5.5% and 6% but this figure fails to reflect the massive growth in some areas and the continued reduction in others.

The latest IRN100 survey reveals the full extent of the rental recovery in 2011 with companies in all regions reporting significant growth, although European firms continue to lag behind the rest.

Equipment users across the world are in broad agreement over the most important elements of rental service, with on-time delivery, availability of equipment, equipment reliability, and on-site back-up from the rental supplier being consistently rated as the top four factors in the Attitudes to Rental survey conducted by International Rental News magazine.

In the second part of our report on the Attitudes to Rental survey we focus on the reasons why end users rent equipment, what improvements in service they would like to see from rental suppliers, and how they could extend their relationships with rental companies. Murray Pollok reports.

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker for the first quarter of 2012 reveals that Europe’s rental sector remains cautious in the face of wider economic uncertainty. Murray Pollok reports.

More than 800 equipment users responded to International Rental News’ first ever ‘Attitudes to Rental’ survey. In this, the first of a two-part report, we look at whether equipment end users are planning to rent more in the future, examine the impact of the financial crisis on contractors’ attitudes, and ask how they rate their rental suppliers. IRN Editor Murray Pollok reports.

We invite rental companies around the world to submit data for International Rental News’ seventh IRN-100 survey of the largest 100 equipment rental companies in the world, as measured by annual revenues in 2011.

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

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the fourth quarter of 2011 is ready to complete and is now in available in six languages - English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian.

The Italian rental market will fall in value by a projected 5% this year according to the latest rental market study prepared by Assodimi, the Italian association for rental and distribution.

Europe's rental industry will grow by an estimated 5.5% this year followed by slightly slower growth of 4% in 2012 and 3% in 2013, predicts the European Rental Association (ERA) in its latest European Equipment Rental Industry 2011 Report.

The American Rental Association (ARA) has published a white paper outlining industry standards for measuring and reporting the performance of equipment rental companies.