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
A management reshuffle is underway at PM group the Italian crane and access company
14.03.2007
Manitou has reported a 19% increase in net profits on a 14% increase in revenues.
13.03.2007
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
Ashtead’s earnings per share hit by Nations debt, A-Plant reports strong improvement in utilsation and profitability.
07.03.2007
Powered access rental company AFI-Uplift came 5th in a top 100 list of companies with the fastest growing profits.
19.02.2007
Italian aerial lift and rental company Venpa 3 has purchased crane manufacturer Locatelli.
16.02.2007
Georgia-based High Reach Equipment Services has been bought by United Rentals.
09.02.2007
Telehandler and aerial lift manufacturer Manitou has announced revenues for 2006 of €1.13 billion, an increase of 14.5% on 2005.
26.01.2007
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
Haulotte has issued its detailed first half numbers, with revenues fractionally lower than its trading statement
26.09.2006
Tanfield first half numbers show strong growth with Aerial Access and Smiths Electric Vehicles.
25.09.2006
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
SafeWorks, the parent of Power Climber and Spider has been sold to Wynnchurch Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm
08.09.2006
Nations Rent the North American rental company being acquired by Ashtead has reported a significant improvement in profitability.
20.08.2006
A-Plant, the UK rental business of the Ashtead group, is to spend over £32 million to upgrade and expand its powered access fleet.
02.08.2006
Further details on Ashtead's acquisition of NationsRent have been added to the story posted earlier today.
19.07.2006
Ashtead, parent group of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in North America, is in detailed discussions to buy Nations Rent in the USA for $1billion
Ranger Equipment, the Teupen distributor for the UK and Ireland, has launched a finance service.
13.07.2006
A-Plant the UK rental division of the Ashtead group is spending over £80 million this year to renew and expand its fleet.
12.07.2006
Alimak Hek has purchased the rental assets of Conrent, the Australian mast climber business, from Coates Hire Ltd.
11.07.2006
