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Up and down: AccessM20 ranking reveals access sector slowdown amid macroeconomic headwinds
Published on: 11 July 2025
The AccessM20 reveals the world’s largest access manufacturers by turnover 
Gulf giga-projects fuel surge in construction equipment rental demand
Published on: 09 July 2025
Saudi Arabia leads record-breaking year as infrastructure ambitions reshape regional market
The Rust Belt start up looking to ‘do a Tesla’ on compact construction equipment
Published on: 08 July 2025
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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Published on: 07 July 2025
Meet the new Dinolift CEO Petter Rönnlöf 
IRN100: Three charts that show how North American rental companies are driving industry growth
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Published on: 04 July 2025
The regional trends highlighted by this year’s IRN100 
Caterpillar targets power rentals as grid instability intensifies
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Published on: 02 July 2025
Caterpillar proposes ‘distributed generation’ for guaranteed power
First look: Hyundai’s new HX19e electric mini excavator
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Published on: 01 July 2025
A deep dive into some of the technical detail on OEM’s first battery powered mini
“I don’t get who will win after the dust has settled,” HCME president on Trump’s latest tariff push
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Published on: 01 July 2025
Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) president and CEO Francesco Quaranta talks tariffs, the growing role of rental, and the energy transition.
IRN’s top 5 stories of 2025 (so far)...
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Published on: 30 June 2025
The five biggest news stories so far this year on the IRN website 
Case bets on electrification, autonomy and rental expansion to navigate market headwinds
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Published on: 24 June 2025
Fabrizio Cepollina, head of construction equipment for EMEA, CASE Construction, talks autonomy, electrification, and why preference is shifting towards rental.
IRN100: Which are the world’s 100 largest rental firms and how quickly did they grow in 2024?
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Published on: 20 June 2025
IRN’s 2025 ranking of the world’s 100 biggest equipment rental firms has landed
Four charts that show why rental firms are reining in spending
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Published on: 20 June 2025
The IRN100 shows CapEx among rental firms has fallen for the first time since the pandemic
Supermarket sweep: how Avesco Rent’s new CEO is bringing the Aldi effect to rental
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Published on: 18 June 2025
Cornelia Kuratli on her new role as Avesco Rent CEO in Switzerland
Webs of opportunity: why access manufacturers are focusing on spiders
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Published on: 17 June 2025
A round up of the latest developments in the spiderlift market
T30: Telehandler rental fleets are growing at the slowest rate since the pandemic. Why?
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Published on: 13 June 2025
Why North American rental firms are cutting back on investing in telehandlers in 2025
From carbon counting to inclusivity: five things we learnt from Loxam’s new CSR report
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Published on: 10 June 2025
What’s in Loxam’s recently-published CSR report?
Opinion: 3G is shutting down — don’t get caught out
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Published on: 09 June 2025
Mobile network providers are slowly ending coverage for 3G,  leaving many older construction machines without connectivity
Oshkosh highlights industrial technology strategy at Investor Day
Published on: 06 June 2025
JLG leads construction-sector innovations for Oshkosh Corporation’s 2025 Investor Day
Interview: Noblelift and its new powered access division
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Published on: 04 June 2025
Inside the mega-deal: Why Herc is banking on its H&E acquisition
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Published on: 04 June 2025
Explainer: Why has Herc acquired H&E? 
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