48
IRN
100
IRN JUNE 2014
TURNOVER
TYPEOF
RANK
(€MILLION)
AREASOF
RENTAL
NUMBEROF
14 13 COMPANY
13/14 12/13
HEADOFFICE
OPERATION
COMPANY
DEPOTS STAFF
CONTACTDETAILS
73
68
Rent Corp
127
133
Japan
Japan, Thailand
Construction
60
652
+81 54 238 7000
equipment
74
62
Onsite Rental Group
125
EST
150
EST
Sydney, Australia
Australia
Construction
–
–
+61 28814 3200
equipment
75
73
SKRental Group
122
117
Santiago, Chile
Chile, Peru,
Construction
25
600
+56 2837 3500
Brazil, Colombia
equipment
76
65
General de Alquiler
121
140
Madrid&
Sp, Port, Morocco,
Construction
93
1100
+34985 732 273
deMaquinaria (GAM)
Oviedo, Spain
Rom, Bulg, Pol, Mexico, equipment
Panama, Brazil, Peru,
Chile, Colombia
MiddleEast, Iraq,
77
64
Hewden
120
120
Manchester, UK
UK
Construction
36
900
+44 (0)84560 70 111
rentals
78
79
Shanghai Pangyuan
112
101
Shanghai, China
China
Construction
30
4000
+86 21 321 80088
Construction
equipment, tower/
Equipment Rental Co., Ltd
crawler cranes
79
78
Ring Power
110
EST
103
EST
St Augustine,
USA
Construction
14
–
+1 904 737 7730
FL, USA
equipment
80
91
Madisa
109
84
Monterrey,
Mexico
Construction
50
3000
+5201 80092623472
Mexico
equipment
81
63
Holt Cat
108
1
148
SanAntonio,
USA
Construction
19
–
+1 210648 1111
Texas, USA
equipment
82
=80
Cleveland Brothers
106
1
100
EST
Murrysville, PA
USA
Construction
21
–
+1 866551 4602
Equipment Co
equipment
TABLE6
IRN
100
Top 10 ‘Global’ players
RANK COMPANY
REVENUES ( €MILLION) NOTES
1
Aggreko
1441 UK, US
2
Ashtead Group
1302 More than 37 countries inEurope,
NorthAmerica, MiddleEast, Brazil,
Australia/NZandAsia
3
Algeco Scotsman
1017 US, Canada, France, Spain, China, Saudi Arabia
4
Hertz Equipment Rental Corp
592 58 countries globally
5
Sarens
406 UK& Ireland, Middleeast, NorthAfrica
6
SpeedyHire
308 US, Canada, South&Central America,
SouthAfrica, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Philippines, Australia
7
AMECO
301 Singapore, Australia, China, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand
8
Tat Hong
290 Germany, Austria, Czech/SlovakianRepublics,
Russia
=9
EmecoHoldings
284 Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Chile
=9
Lavendon Group plc
277 Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg,
Czech, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Italy.
Note:
‘Global’ definedas companieswith rental activities inmore thanone continent
TABLE5
IRN
100
Growth league
COMPANY
%GROWTH
1 Algeco Scotsman
49.7%
2 Madisa
29.8%
3 Solaris Equipamentos E Servicos 25.8%
4 Aktio Corp
23.8%
5 GAPGroup Ltd
19.5%
6 HSSHire
17.9%
7 H&E Equipment Services
16.8%
8 United Rentals
11.4%
9 APR Energy
10.9%
10 Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd
9.2%
11 Neff Rental
8.1%
12 Ahern Rentals
6.0%
ten spenders, and the top three, have most of their
operations inNorthAmerica,where fleet replacement
andgrowthhasbeenheavy for several years.
Last year also saw significant merger and
acquisition activity in the rental industry. There was
Algeco Scotsman’s acquisition of US company Target
Logistics Management; while the year ended with
private equity company Platinum Equity’s move to
purchase Volvo Rents for €800 million – a business
that it has renamedBlueLineRental.
And therewereplentyof smaller deals inbetween –
May sawAshtead Group acquire UK-based temporary
trackway and events rental company Eve (formerly
EveTrakway) for £35million; July saw tools specialist
HSS Hire Services Group acquire UK Platforms,
Haulotte Group’s UK rental business; while the
Kiloutou Group also moved in July to acquire the
rental divisionof fellowFrench companyTrefoulet.
In August, Netherlands-based Riwal moved into
Belgium by acquiring the aerial work platform
business of crane company Sarens Belgium, and
Portakabin acquired Oecon Mobilraum GmbH, a
manufacturer anddistributor ofmodular buildings in
Germany; and over in Australia, Coates Hire acquired
the general rentals business assets of Force Group
Aktio Corpwas the highest-ranking Japanese rental company
in the
IRN
100
concerned, the top 25 spenders invested €5.9 billion
in their fleets last year, down a little from last year’s
figure of €6.3 billion. Overall, the top 25 spenders
invested at a proportion equivalent to around a
third of their revenues last year. Five of the top
