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A significant number of contractors and other end users around the world plan to increase their use of rental services in the coming five years reveals International Rental News’ first ever ‘Attitudes to Rental’ survey.
Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment said rental companies and contractors are being constrained in purchasing new equipment by the lack of availability of finance and that it was looking at ways to make it easier for customers to acquire machines.
Coates Hire in Australia is to implement a price management software system supplied by US-based PROS. The system will identify buying patterns and behaviour among its customers allowing it to forecast demand, monitor product profitability, and set pricing.
The European Rental Association (ERA) is organising a series of rental events during the Intermat exhibition in April, including two round-table sessions on the Tuesday afternoon and visits to local rental depots on the Wednesday of the show.
UK rental company Hewden has appointed Michaela Simpson in the newly created role of head of customer experience.
Onsite Rental Group in Australia wants to provide its customers with a real alternative to the country’s dominant player, Coates Hire. The company’s managing director, Mark Rich, talks to IRN Editor Murray Pollok.
VP plc left the general plant hire sector in 2000 to develop specialist rental businesses in sectors including groundworks, compressed air, railways and tool hire. Murray Pollok talks to group managing director Neil Stothard about the attractions of specialising.
Wynne Systems is to support the adoption of the American Rental Association’s recently announced rental metrics by incorporating the metrics into its rental software.
The Chinese Construction Machinery Rental Association (CMRA) met in Beijing on the eve of the BICES exhibition to hear from expert rental speakers and to discuss issues for the rental industry.
The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the third quarter of 2011 shows an unsurprising fall in confidence levels across European rental businesses.
Engine supplier Perkins has signed up with SmartEquip to provide online aftermarket support and parts procurement for engine owners in the North American rental industry.
The American Rental Association (ARA) has published a white paper outlining industry standards for measuring and reporting the performance of equipment rental companies.
The access rental industry faces a challenge to attract capital in the coming years with rates of return needing to improve if the industry is to compete in the global capital markets, said former Lavendon CEO Kevin Appleton at the Europlatform conference.
A new study into fleet management processes among Netherlands rental companies has highlighted where rental companies could make improvements to the management procedures, particularly in areas such as disposal of the fleet and knowledge of maintenance and repair costs.
The European Rental Association (ERA) has published a new guide to equipment rental that aims to help the industry attract new customers and explain rental to government organisations, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders in the business.
Netherlands-based rental consultancy Consurent has created an online survey on fleet management trends and will present the results at a meeting held on 7 June during the first day of the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) in Amsterdam.
The European Rental Association (ERA) has assembled a remarkable line-up for the ‘Manufacturers’ Round-Table’ discussion on the opening afternoon of its Amsterdam annual convention with the CEOs of United Rentals, JCB, Loxam, Manitou and Boels Verhuur all taking part.
The American Rental Association (ARA) is predicting a strong rebound in the US equipment rental industry up to 2015, forecasting a 7% increase in equipment rental revenues this year followed by higher growths of between 9% and 14% up to 2015.
Te Co, the Italian owner of the Italnolo rental franchise group, has launched an iPhone/iPad App for customers.
Sunstate Equipment is the latest US rental company to join the SmartEquip network. The system will link each of Sunstate’s depots with its suppliers, giving parts and service technicians real-time support on products.
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