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European Union sees output fall 6.9% year-on-year in May

May 2012’s output was 6.3% lower than last year, with sharp falls in public housing and infrastructure output

Mixed trading updates from Carillion and Taylor Wimpey contrast with downbeat CPA forecast

“Long overdue” US$ 105 billion legislation will provide two years of market certainty

Administrators are talking to potential buyers of Blythewood Plant Hire after its parent company, Doyle Plc, entered administration on 21 June.

An over reliance on imported equipment will damage the Brazilian rental sector in the long run and damage the economy as a whole, said Marco Aurélio da Cunha, president of Brazilian rental association ALEC during the recent M&T Expo show.

Concerns over Eurozone crisis prompts Euroconstruct to predict a contraction of 2.1% in 2012.

Allen Engineering Corp (AEC) and Equipment Synergy International (ESI) have agreed a joint marketing alliance to target the North American and international rental market. As part of the deal, Roger Euliss, ESI’s co-founder and president, takes on the additional role of sales director at Allen Engineering.

Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) is to hire hundreds of new employees in North America this summer and will hold two-day employment open houses at more than 50 of its locations on Tuesday 26 June and Wednesday 27 June.

New facility in Almere includes a parts warehouse as well as sales and technical support function.

Compared with April 2011, output in April 2012 dropped 5.1% in the 27 EU member states

H&E Equipment Services said it has started an “aggressive” recruitment programme to add senior executives, branch managers and sales representatives in support of its US rental expansion.

Market commentators react with disappointment to latest data, predict continued downward trend

Wacker Neuson started production at its new compact equipment factory in Linz, Austria, in the first half of May. The facility represents a €65 million investment by the company.

Wilson Jones, president of JLG Industries, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of JLG's parent company, Oshkosh Corp.

The first container load of Japanese-built Yanmar compact excavators is soon to arrive in the US following the North American sales alliance agreed between Manitou and Yanmar earlier this year.

The access equipment division will play an important role in Manitou’s goal of almost doubling revenues to €2 billion within five years, said the company’s president and CEO Jean-Christophe Giroux at the company’s ‘Festival’ event in Spain.

Italian-based genset manufacturer Pramac has gone into liquidation following a special meeting of shareholders last week.

Most powerful backhoe to date and largest ever wheeled loader introduced at CTT/Conexpo show in Moscow, Russia.

European rental companies need to develop meaningful strategies in the face of the ongoing Eurozone crisis, said Gérard Déprez, president of the European Rental Association.