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German rental company HKL Baumaschinen is moving into Austria with the first of three new sites to open at the start of June. The first location, at Weiner Neudorf, close to Vienna in the east of the country, will also be HKL’s Austrian headquarters.

The European Rental Association (ERA) has revised downwards its growth forecasts for Europe’s equipment rental industry in the face of continued economic uncertainty in the Eurozone area.

HSS Hire has engaged financial advisers to conduct a strategic review of its options, signalling the possible sale of the business.

UK subsidiary of French group clocks up more than 46000 machine unit sales as it prepares to celebrate anniversary years

A bankruptcy court in the US has granted Ahern Rentals a further 120 days in which to prepare a restructuring plan as part of the Chapter 11 process. The deadline was expended from late April until 20 August.

Caterpillar is to sell a 65% stake in its third-party logistics division to US-based Platinum Equity for US$750 million.

Work on World Cup and Olympic projects in Brazil is “intensifying” according to Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia SA, the formwork, scaffolding and aerial platform rental company.

The president of the Brazilian rental association ALEC, Marco Aurélio da Cunha, will give a presentation on the Brazilian rental market at the upcoming M&T Expo exhibition.

US lighting tower manufacturer announces plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Holdrege, Nebraska, by 40,000 sq ft

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.

The North American rental industry continues to grow, and it isn’t just the big companies that are benefitting. Murray Pollok and Lindsey Anderson report.

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.

Coates Hire chief executive officer Leigh Ainsworth said winning the Australian rental company of the year award at last week’s Hire and Rental Industry Association (HRIA) convention was welcome recognition for all that the company had achieved since the merger with National Hire.

Montreal based hire and rental software provider, Orion Software Inc, has announced the establishment of an Australian subsidiary to be headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.

Netherlands-based events rental and temporary structures firm De Boer has appointed Arnout de Hair as its chief executive officer, succeeding Lucas Covers, who is leaving the company after four years in the job.

Caterpillar is taking a less prescriptive approach to the development of the Cat Rental Store network in Europe, with dealers still being encouraged to rent but not necessarily by creating a separate rental business.

Confidence in the European rental market was steady at the end of the first quarter of the year, according to the ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for Q1 2012, although there remains a wide variation in business sentiment across the region.

Pioneer Pump will open a new pump assembly plant in the Middle East as it continues its international expansion. The new 1000 m2 facility – likely to be in Sharjah, UAE – will help the company meet growing demand for its pumps in the region.

Terex Corp said it will accelerate the development of its business in developing markets such as Russia, Brazil, India and China through local production for local markets and by using its “entrepreneurial” spirit.

Production area increased by 65% at Fengxian factory and training centre added.