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Interview: Michel Petitjean on life after ERA
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IRN speaks to the former ERA secretary general 
Sany’s global ambitions: building a “number one” brand through tech, talent, and localisation
Sany president, Yu Hong Fu, on increasing sales in a time of tariffs and construction slowdowns
Electric, agile, and global: LiuGong’s new president sets sights on growing sales to rental firms
Interview with LiuGong’s newly appointed president and vice chairman Luo Guobing and outgoing president Zeng Guang’an 
Diesel drain: Why tower cranes are burning through your budget
Powering tower cranes for less money with lower pollution
Re-rental veteran Truckenbrodt on tariffs, tech shortages and survival in an uncertain market
Randy Truckenbrodt on the fast changing US re-rentals market
London Calling: compact diesel machines under scrutiny in capital amid push for cleaner construction sites
Industry players, policy leaders and air quality advocates gathered during a Volvo CE-led London Climate Action Week round table to address the urgent need to accelerate the shift to zero-emission construction equipment.
Video interview: MCS on its new AI tools for rental
UK-based MCS Rental Software has developed an AI chatbot aimed at rental customers
Fewer sites, better returns: Inside HSS’s strategic reset under Overman
Intereview with Jon Overman, CEO at HSS Operations
The Rust Belt start up looking to ‘do a Tesla’ on compact construction equipment
Indiana-based HeavyTech looks to take on established North American manufacturers as well as European and Chinese rivals in the EV compact equipment sector
‘The only certainty is change’: Dinolift’s Rönnlöf outlines vision for long-term growth
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Meet the new Dinolift CEO Petter Rönnlöf 
Caterpillar targets power rentals as grid instability intensifies
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Caterpillar proposes ‘distributed generation’ for guaranteed power
“I don’t get who will win after the dust has settled,” HCME president on Trump’s latest tariff push
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) president and CEO Francesco Quaranta talks tariffs, the growing role of rental, and the energy transition.
The company using written-off Tesla batteries to power construction sites
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Allye Energy’s Alistair McNeil on using repurposed Tesla batteries to make battery energy storage systems which can power construction sites
Case bets on electrification, autonomy and rental expansion to navigate market headwinds
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Fabrizio Cepollina, head of construction equipment for EMEA, CASE Construction, talks autonomy, electrification, and why preference is shifting towards rental.
Supermarket sweep: how Avesco Rent’s new CEO is bringing the Aldi effect to rental
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Cornelia Kuratli on her new role as Avesco Rent CEO in Switzerland
Interview: Noblelift and its new powered access division
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Eddie Precision gears up for global push
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Eddie Precision plans to set up an aerial platform division amid a major investment in new production facilities outside China
AI boom spawns data centre gold rush in new cities
Where are Europe’s new hotspots for data centre construction?
“The next three years will be even harder,” LGMG chairman on the challenges facing the company at home and abroad
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Yu Mengsheng, the chairman of Lingong Heavy Machinery (LGMG) on the challenges facing the MEWP market in China and overseas
The Chinese garbage truck manufacturer looking to expand into the global access market
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Chinese manufacturer Infore Environmental Technology outlines plans to expand into the global access market
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