Sumitomo appoints new head of equipment rental division

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

16 March 2026

Sumitomo Corp has appointed Kengo Shibayama as head of its Construction Equipment Rental business unit. The division owns Sunstate Equipment in the US and Aver Asia in Singapore.

Shibayama succeeds Koichiro Hihara, who has moved from the rental division to become deputy general manager at Sumitomo’s Ship & Marine business.…

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