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IRE GUIDE
Rental
festival
The latestmini excavators, hybrid power generators,
lighting towers, compressors andmuchmorewill be
on show at the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) in
Amsterdam on 24-26June.
IRN
previews the show.
T
he 3rd IRE show offers lots of opportunities
for rental delegates: the chance to engage
withsuppliers inanunpressuredenvironment;
to see genuinely cutting-edge, new technology
alongside the product ‘mainstays’ of rental fleets;
plus theaddedextraof suppliersnew to the industry
offering somethingdifferent from thenorm.
Visitors can also dip into the sessions of the
EuropeanRental Association’s annual convention (at
a cost, see booking page at
) and
network at the European Rental Awards dinner on
theWednesdaynight. For those visitors interested in
aerial platforms, a ‘sold out’ APEX show being held
in an adjoining hall and outside the RAI offers yet
another benefit.
In short, IRE - plus the convention, the awards
and APEX – constitutes a three-day ‘festival of
rental’. Elsewhere in this issue we write about the
rental awards and the ERA convention (page 25).
Here, we focus on the more than 60 companies
who are exhibiting at IRE, which spans established
suppliers like Kubota, JCB, Hitachi, Wacker Neuson,
Terex Compact, Yanmar CE, Volvo CE, Kaeser, Hilti
and Husqvarna, as well as companies that are less
well known, such as attachments specialist Cangini
Benne, or US company Schaefer, which makes the
Americ brandedportable fan.
The big names will have some important products
to show. Kubota, for example, uses IRE to showcase
its latest ‘dash-4’ mini excavator, the 2 -3 t class
U27-4, a model that Kubota describes as a “tough
zero-tail swing mini that features
the largest and most luxurious
cab in its class.”
The manufacturer says the
newmodel has aworking range - including 2820mm
dig depth - that rivals higher-end excavators, and
that its stability is achieved without the need for
additional weights.
Hitachi says it is not yet in a position to disclose
details of what it will show at IRE, except to say that
it will “add a new range of compact products to
our range for the rental market. We think that the
IRE is an excellent opportunity to introduce these
products.”
WackerNeusonwill havea selectionof is small and
compact equipment, with rental companiesperhaps
most intrigued by its new 803 mini excavator with
electric or diesel ‘dual power’ system, which is now
being commercially launched following its premiere
at Bauma last year. Wacker Neuson says that for
rental companies; “In only one device, both diesel
and electric drives are combined and ensure
optimummachineutilisation.”
TheGermanmanufacturerwill also show itsmini
Showdetails
WHAT:
International Rental Exhibition (IRE)
WHEN:
24 – 26June, 2014
Tuesday 9.30 – 18.00
Wednesday 9.30 - 18.00
Thursday 9.30 - 17.00
WHERE:
Hall 2, AmsterdamRAI, Amsterdam
ADDRESS:
Europaplein, NL 1078GZ, Amsterdam,
TheNetherlands
ORGANISERS
IRE isorganisedby Industrial Promotions
International (IPI) inassociationwith
IRN
andKHLGroup.
TRAVEL TORAI:
By Plane
TheRAI exhibition centrehas adedicated train
stationand is 15minutes fromSchiphol Airport
onadirect line. This line isdifferent from the
trains toAmsterdamCentral station. The single
fare toRAI is less than€4. Schiphol train station
is accesseddirectly from thearrivals areaof
theairport.
Taxi
The taxi rank is locatedat theairport’s exit.
Dependent on the traffic, a taxi can takeyou to
Amsterdam city centre inhalf anhour andwill
cost around€40.
Kubotawill show its newU27-4mini excavator at IRE.
IRNAPRIL-MAY 2014
The dual power version of Wacker
Neuson’s 803mini excavator is
now commercially available
andwill be on show in
Amsterdam.
Thwaites says its 1 t Hi-Tip dumper is ideal for the European
rental market.
