NEWS
Ahern Australia was officially launched at
theannual HRIAConvention2014, which took
place at the Gold Coast Convention Centre,
Queensland.
It is the new name for the Snorkel
Australia direct sales and service entity,
whichwasacquiredbyXtremeManufacturing
in October 2013, and will distribute Snorkel
products in the region. The existing Snorkel
Australia facilities and personnel will all
remain under the new name.
“The major advantage of the Ahern
Australia name is that it will allow us to
easily distribute Xtreme telehandlers
through the same channels. This presents
a good opportunity in Australia, where
there is a strong demand for high capacity
telehandlers,” said a company spokesman.
Ahern Australia had a strong presence at
the HRIA Convention 2014, named HIRE14,
and organised by the Hire & Rental Industry
Association (HRIA).
2014
INTERNATIONAL RENTAL
EXHIBITION (IRE)
24-26June, 2014.
Amsterdam, NL
ERACONVENTION
24-26June, 2014.
Amsterdam, NL
APEX
24-26June, 2014.
Amsterdam, NL.
EUROPEANRENTAL AWARDS
25June, 2014.
Amsterdam, NL
EUROPLATFORMACCESS
RENTAL CONFERENCE
25September, 2014.
Cologne, Germany.
THE SHOWMAN’S SHOW
22-23October, 2014.
Newbury, UK.
ACCESS, LIFT&HANDLERS
CONFERENCEANDAWARDS
November 11, 2014
Miami, FL
INTERNATIONAL RENTAL
CONFERENCE (IRC)
24November, 2014.
Shanghai, China
BAUMACHINA
25-28November, 2014.
Shanghai, China.
2015
THERENTAL SHOW
22-25 February, 2015.
NewOrleans, US.
IAPAAWARDS2015
26March, 2015
WashingtonDC, USA
INTERMAT
20-25April, 2015.
Paris, France
2016
BAUMA
11-17April, 2016.
Munich, Germany.
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Kiloutou acquiresPolishmajor
IRN JUNE 2014
France-based Kiloutou has acquired
EWPA Majster, a leading equipment
rental company inPoland.
Founded in 1989, EWPA Majster
operates 20 branches in Poland with
a fleet ofmore than4400machines.
The existing Kiloutou Polska
and EWPA Majster will retain their
operational independence until the
merger is complete when both will
operateunder theEWPAMajsterbrand.
The companies will immediately start
co-operatingona commercial level.
Xavier du Boys, CEO of Kiloutou
Group, said, “This acquisition gives
a great boost to our development in
Poland. Through national coverage
it enables us to effectively meet the
Tunisian rental leader plans
to reach 100machine fleet
Parenin, Caterpillar’s dealer in Tunisia, expects its fleet to break the 100
machine-mark within the next two years. This may not sound like many by
European, Japaneseor US standards, but it is believed tobe Tunisia’s biggest
rental fleet.
As a company Parenin can trace its roots back to 1902, and it has been a
Cat dealer since 1926. It established its rental fleet in 1999with tenmachines
and today has 70 assorted backhoe loaders, dozers, excavators, graders and
wheeled loaders available for hirewith anoperator.
Mustapha Farjallah, Parenin’smanager for rental and used equipment, said,
“Wewill continuewith operators for a few years at least. Nowwe have Vision
Link (Cat’s telematics system), we might be able to change things and use
that to follow the machine and track maintenance. But for now we have 70
machines and 70operators.”
He added, “We have lots of newbusiness opportunities. There are highways
being built as well as a gas pipeline and we need to be ready for that. I will
reach 100 machines within two years. We have a lot of business because
Tunisia is a permanent job site these days,” he said.
operations (UK, Germany, France
and Belgium) the new units will
largely replace older units as part
of an ongoing fleet replenishment
programme, said the company.
For instance, Nationwide – the
company’s UK business – plans to
invest £24million (€28.6million) in its
fleet this year.
Most of the new units will be boom
lifts with working heights up to 40m.
Some new scissor lifts and vehicle
mounted platforms will also enter
the fleet, as well as a selection of
new telehandlers for the group’s
operations inBelgiumand France.
The group’s Middle East fleet
will continue to be expanded as
the business looks to meet rising
customer demand for safe and
effective access solutions in the
region. Some of the new units have
already entered the group’s fleet of
more than 20000units.
needs of large accounts. I am very
pleased to welcome the crew of EWPA
Majster Kiloutou.“
Przemyslaw Atraszkiewicz, founder
and majority shareholder of EWPA
Majster, added that Kiloutou’s
acquisition would provide resources
which would allow the company to
grow stronger. “I am confident in
the ability of the teams to make
this combination a success. Good
luck to Kiloutou Group in the Polish
construction equipment rental market
under theEWPAMajster brand.“
Lavendon announces
2014 fleet investment
Global rental company Lavendon
Group will invest more than UK£55
million (€65.7 million) in powered
access equipment in 2014.
The investment will see around
1360 new units enter its rental fleet
across its European and Middle East
territories. In the group’s European
