All South America Articles

Mills secures largest regional green fleet with Genie
New Genie  booms and scissors means rental company has largest electric/hybris fleet in Latin America 
World’s 10 most expensive cities to build in
North American cities feature heavily in list of most expensive cities in the world to build in 
ANSI-compliant virtual reality training launched
Serious Labs VR boom lift training now meets ISO and ANSI standards
Chile’s equipment market worth US$1 billion
A bounce-back from the Covid pandemic and sharply rising global commodity prices saw the Chilean equipment market double in size in 2021
G7 leaders reveal US$600bn infrastructure plan
Partnership for Global Infrastructure has been viewed as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative 
World’s top 10 construction equipment manufacturers
World’s biggest construction equipment manufacturers revealed 
Interview: ALEC’s Alexandre Forjaz on Brazil’s rental market
KHL’s Luciana Guimaraes speaks to the President of Brazil’s equipment rental association.
Finning positioned for ongoing supply constraints
Group confirms Q1 2022 revenue up 22% from previous corresponding quarter
Sonosuke Ishii leads Hitachi’s expansion in North America, Latin America
Ishii steps into the role of chairman of Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc. 
Mills appoints new CFO
Caroline Pepe dos Santos Leonard appointed to chief financial and investor Relations at Brazilian rental company 
North America strong for Caterpillar
First quarter saw high revenue growth in North American construction and resource industries
Falling sales in China impacts Volvo CE’s Q1 results
Sales drop in China but rise in the rest of the world – with one region up by 62%
Record construction equipment sales in 2021
Global construction equipment sales grew 10% last year with demand expected to remain high in 2022
Hitachi-Deere joint venture officially dissolved
Deere acquires three former Hitachi-Deere factories as OEMs set to compete in same markets
Spain’s GAM doubles profit in 2021
Acquisitions and investments strengthen GAM’s position
Latin American rental in the spotlight
How are rental companies in Latin America responding to the supply chain challenges? Cristian Peters, Editor of IRN’s sister magazine, Construction Latin America (CLA), reports.
Chilean modular space specialist buys in Spain
Tecno Fast’s acquisiton of Alco represents first entry into Europe
Mills’ chief financial officer exits
Brazilian rental firm’s CEO takes on financial duries, as search for new CFO begins
Hitachi sells controlling share of construction equipment business
Japanese trading company Itochu and private equity firm Japan International Partners together now own 26% of Hitachi Construction Machinery
Premium Red Yanmar CE livery goes global
Livery reflects alternative technologies and customer relationship focus
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