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The sixth IRC conference is on Monday 26 November, 2018, the day before Bauma China, Shanghai.

New managers at BKL as part of expansion strategy

ClearSky CAN hardware solution provides real-time insight into a range of data from machines, says Boels

New survey reveals that less than 50% of construction equipment businesses have a comprehensive IT or digital strategy.

Kevin Appleton will describe the key lessons from the recent history of Europe’s rental market at the IRC rental conference in Shanghai.

Rental companies will benefit if they use machine learning and data analytics tools, says Spartan Solutions.

Peter Schrader of Zeppelin Rental will  talk about digital business strategies at the International Rental Conference (IRC).

David Felts of TM Capital will discuss ‘value drivers’ in rental mergers and acquisitions at the ALH Conference & Awards on October 12, Miami.

Tetsuo Kanamoto, President and CEO of Kanamoto, will give a rare insight into the rental philosophy of one of Japan’s largest rental businesses at the International Rental Conference (IRC) in Shanghai on 31 October.

Ton Klijn is leaving Wagenborg Nedlift to take over as director at the European road transport and mobile crane association ESTA

Leading international tower crane rental company and Potain supplier NFT has a new facility to house its rental fleet of more than 1,800 tower cranes

International heavy lifting and transport specialist Sarens and Sinotrans Heavy-lift Logistics Company entered a joint-venture partnership to provide heavy lifting and transport services in China

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

Equipment users across the world are in broad agreement over the most important elements of rental service, with on-time delivery, availability of equipment, equipment reliability, and on-site back-up from the rental supplier being consistently rated as the top four factors in the Attitudes to Rental survey conducted by International Rental News magazine.

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.