All Mergers & acquisitions Articles

Height for Hire buys Slovakian renter SCS
Height for Hire in Ireland has acquired a majority shareholding in Slovakian access rental company Strojné Centrum Slovakia (SCS), which has a fleet of around 100 machines.
Riwal enters Spanish market with 70% stake in Grupo Clem
Riwal has acquired a 70% stake in Grupo Clem, a major Spanish aerial platform and forklift truck rental company with annual rental revenues of €25 million. The price was not disclosed.
Hertz buys Spanish power renter Quilovat
Hertz Equipment Rental Co (HERC) acquired Quilovat, a Spanish power rental company based near Barcelona, in March this year. The price was not disclosed.
'No change' at Rental Force
Netherlands-based Caterpillar dealer Pon Equipment acquired Rental Force, also in The Netherlands, on 1 January 2008. Under the terms of the sale Rental Force, based in Cruquius, will not operate as a Cat Rental Store.
Rental news highlights
Rental news highlights from the April 2008 issue of IRN.
HUNE continues rapid expansion
Spanish rental company HUNE (formerly Euroloc) has ambitious growth plans for 2008 despite having made three major acquisitions during 2007. The company aims to open 25 greenfield depots this year and invest €125 million in expanding its fleet.
GAM buys Guimera from Atlas Copco
Spanish rental company GAM bought Atlas Copco's Spanish rental business, Guimerá S.A., on 13 February for €18 million.
Euroloc rebrands as HUNE
Spanish rental company Euroloc has renamed itself HUNE. The rebranding – which reflects four of its existing names, Homs, Umesa, Nacanco and Euroloc – comes as the company reported total revenues in 2007 of €233.7 million, up from €75.6 million in 2006 and higher than the €225 million previously forecast.
BM Location buys Cheraki
Bergerat Monnoyeur Location has acquired the rental business Cheraki in the south east of France for an undisclosed price. Cheraki is a family owned business with 17 rental depots.
UAE Cat dealer creates rental JV
A new rental company, Gulf Union Equipment Rental Company, has been established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by a Middle East Caterpillar dealer and an investment partner.
Terex to buy ASV
Terex has announced it will buy compact tracked loader manufacturer ASV for US$488 million (€342 million).
Ramirent expands into Slovakia
Ramirent has entered the Slovakian rental market by acquiring a 60% stake in OTS Bratislava (OTS), one of the market leading rental companies in the country. Ramirent has an option to become sole owner by 2010.
Komatsu acquires big Japanese renter
Komatsu Ltd is to acquire a major Japanese rental company and merge it with its own sizeable rental operation in Japan.
Boels expands in Netherlands
Boels Rentals in The Netherlands has further expanded its Belgian operation with two acquisitions.
Atlas Copco sells half of ABIRD
Atlas Copco has sold approximately half of ABIRD, its Netherlands industrial rental company, to ABIRD's chief executive, Wichard Oorschot, and investment firm NPM Capital. The sale price was not disclosed.
Jaston rebrands as Workx
The acquisitive Netherlands rental company, Jaston Groep, re-branded all its rental divisions under the single Workx name on 1 January. The name change is part of an ambitious growth strategy at the company, which is backed by Netherlands private equity company H2 Equity Partners.
Loxam buys Lev in France
Loxam has acquired Haulotte Group's French access rental businesses, Lev and Royens Levage, for an undisclosed price.
HUNE continues rapid growth
Spanish rental company HUNE (formerly Euroloc) has ambitious growth plans for 2008 despite having made three major acquisitions during 2007. The company aims to open 25 greenfield depots this year and invest €125 million in expanding its fleet.
Coates Hire says ‘no sale’
Coates Hire has decided against a sale of the company and said its board unanimously decided that the bids received had “failed on price”.
ModSpace forms Storage rental JV
Modular Space Corp (ModSpace) in the US has formed an alliance with portable storage rental company Moveable Cubicle.
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