Ingersoll-Rand has sold its Bobcat business to Korea’s largest construction equipment maker, Doosan, for $4.9 billion in cash.
30.07.2007
Cerebus Capital Management has agreed to buy United Rentals the world’s largest rental company for $6.6 billion
23.07.2007
Loxam has moved into the Scandinavian market with the purchase of DNE-JJ the business formed from the recent merger of DNE Materieludlejning and JJ Maskinudlejning.
09.07.2007
Kranlyft the European distributor for Kato and Maeda cranes has purchased MBS a supplier of suspension systems.
26.06.2007
Euroloc, the Spanish based rental company has acquired Gruas Homs a Catalalonian based rental business
21.06.2007
Pon has confirmed its acquisition of Milcon and the management role af the Van Mils.
07.06.2007
Milcon the Dutch based access and forklift rental company has been sold to Pon
05.06.2007
Lavendon has been back on the acquisition trail buying Wizard Workspace, the company previously known as Independent Access Supplies.
04.06.2007
Riwal, the Dutch based crane, access and telehandler rental company has sold its crane rental business to Sarens.
30.05.2007
Miami based Neff corp the eighth largest rental company in North America has changed hands again, as Odyssey partners sells it to Lightyear capital.
05.04.2007
Malthus the privately owned Norwegian sales and rental company has acquired Liftbolaget, the Swedish distribution company.
16.03.2007
AmQuip has acquired Boston based Shaughnessy Crane Services from NES Rentals.
A management reshuffle is underway at PM group the Italian crane and access company
14.03.2007
Europe’s largest rental company, Loxam, has purchased Frances No 3, Laho from Barclays Private Equity. The third time it has been sold in six years.
08.03.2007
Italian aerial lift and rental company Venpa 3 has purchased crane manufacturer Locatelli.
16.02.2007
Japanese crane manufacturer Kato is planning to set up a European business in co-operation with Rigo in Italy
09.01.2007
Hyva the Dutch based group that owns Kennis loader cranes has acquired Amco-Veba following approval by the EU anti competition authorities.
02.01.2007
Odewald & Compagnie a Berlin based private equity company has acquired a majority stake in Mateco the second largest powered access rental company in Germany.
19.12.2006
Pon, the largest shareholder in Cramo Plc the merged business of RK and Cramo has sold its 28.4% stake in the business.
03.12.2006
Delhi-based Mobile crane and Aerial lift manufacturer, ACE, is close to completing an Eastern European acquisition
03.11.2006
City Lifting, the UK crane hire company, has purchased most of Vanson’s tower crane rental fleet.
29.10.2006
Details have now been released concerning the merger of AFI and UpLift which was agreed earlier this week.
13.09.2006
News is just in that AFI, the Wakefield based access rental company, is to merge with UpLift also based in Wakefield
12.09.2006
Finning has sold its UK material handling division to Briggs Equipment. In order to focus on Hewden, Diperk and its UK Caterpillar distribution businesses.
11.09.2006
