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Weekly quiz: Fayat Group acquires Mecalac | Coates celebrates milestone | Mateco sets up used equipment centre
06 March 2025
It’s the new International Rental News weekly news quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of equipment rental over the past seven days?
Mecalac’s e12 wheel loader, eS1000 swing loader and eMDX dumper deployed close to the company’s headquarters. Photo: Mecalac
1) The Fayat Group this week announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Mecalac Group. In which lakeside town is Mecalac headquartered?
- Annency-le-Vieux
- Aix-les-Bains
- Lausanne
2) Australian rental company Coates is celebrating 140 years in business this year. What was the company, founded in 1885 by John Coates, originally established to supply?
- Farming equipment destined for New South Wales sheep and cattle ranchers
- Mining machinery for Victoria’s gold-rush towns
- Cranes and winches for use in the rapidly expanding ports in Sydney
3) European MEWP specialist Mateco revealed this week that the company is setting up a used equipment centre in which country?
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Mexico
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