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Move allows Ritchie Bros to offer parts and service support to customers on behalf of dealers and OEM partners

US$175 million deal will add e-procurement tool for parts to Ritchie’s equipment auctions

Rental house B&G Crane Service acquired by Maxim Crane Works in USA

Higher utilisation helped in 2012 for mobile crane rental and distribution company Essex Rental Corp in North America

A couple of times every year the question of bungee jumping from mobile cranes is raised. Is it allowed or not?

For the first time since consolidation played out earlier in the decade, the US rental industry has had to weather a severe downturn. Two industry veterans describe what it’s like to be back in the dance, managing independent rental operations in a tough economy. Lucy Peterson reports.

Spanish rental company GAM is starting to rent in Iraq, Chile and Colombia this month in a continuation of its policy to expand its international business. GAM said its operations outside Spain would generate as much as US$ 60 million this year increasing to US$100-110 million in 2011.

Former JLG president Craig Paylor used his keynote address at the Europlatform conference to urge rental companies to exploit the full economic life of their machines, and warned the industry that it had to be ready for some major challenges, including increased competition from Asia and rising price pressures on machines.

Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) has launched a mobile version of its website that allows customers on site to conduct business with HERC directly from their smartphone.

The second of KHL Group's series of Special Reports, Managing Rental, is now available.

StarTrak acquires construction and equipment monitoring technology design to help rental businesses monitor and track high value fleet assets