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IRN looks at some recently launched light compaction equipment.

IRN reports on the latest compact tool carriers, including tracked loaders, skid steers and articulated wheeled loaders from suppliers including Bobcat, Boxer, Mustang, Gehl, Cat, Wacker Neuson, Kanga and Avant Tecno.

Izabella Dudnakova, IRN's correspondent in Russia, talks to Maxim Ryabov, head of rental at Tehstroycontract, rental company and Hitachi dealer.

Strategic review: UK rental company Hewden is undergoing a major restructuring and is the subject of a major review by owner Finning International. Murray Pollok talked to Hewden general manager Kevin Parkes.

How is the portable accommodation rental sector responding to the new business environment? IRN Editor, Murray Pollok, reports.

Terex is to use the proceeds of the sale of its mining division to Bucyrus to pay off debts and make acquisitions of niche manufacturers. Terex said the US$1.3 billion sale signified a shift in strategy from being a construction and mining equipment company to a machinery and industrial products business focusing on niche markets.

Linamar Corp has appointed ex-A-Plant and Loxam Access executive Steve Shaughnessy as president of Skyjack Inc, replacing Ken McDougall who is now running Linamar's Powertrain business in Mexico.

Manitou said negotiations are underway with Gehl's banking syndicate because the subsidiary faces a "technical default" as a result of still depressed conditions in the US.

Cramo has made a one-off €22 million impairment loss for its Central and Eastern Europe businesses as a consequence of low volumes in Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.

Aggreko said that a better than expected final quarter of the year - particularly from its international power projects division - would push its revenues for the year up 7% to over £1 billion and operating profits up 27% to £260 million. On a constant currency basis, revenues are 5% down and profits 4% up.

Japan’s Sumitomo Corp has acquired a US$50 million investment in Sunstate Equipment Co, giving it a minority shareholding in the business. The funds will be used to strengthen Sunstate's balance sheet and capitalise on growth opportunities.

A national UK rental company is one of the several organizations that have expressed an interest in acquiring the Hewden business from Finning International. The Canada-based Caterpillar dealer is currently engaged on a strategic review of Hewden but no decision has yet been reached on whether to sell or retain the business.

Terex AWP releases a new battery charger for some of its scissor lift models

Volvo Construction Equipment's dealer in the United Arab Emirates, FAMCO, has opened the first Volvo Rents store in the Middle East, located in Abu Dhabi.

How is the current recession impacting on the global rental industry, and when are rental markets expected to recover? Murray Pollok, IRN Editor, provides an overview in a web presentation.

Atlas Copco Specialty Rental has completed the implementation of Wynne Systems' RentalMan software system for its operations in the UK, Netherlands, France, Belgium and Australia. The system will be installed in Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy in 2010.  

Atlas Copco's Specialty Rental Division has begun using Wynne System Group's RentalMan software for its global operations.

UK rental company GAP Group is opening a series of specialist non-mechanical plant depots throughout the country to stock equipment like props, fencing, safety barriers and trench sheets.

SAKAI America is launching a range of Japanese-built light compaction equipment for North America to add to the larger, US-assembled rollers it already sells.