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INTERMATREPORT
12
IRN
rounds upproduct launches from the
recent Intermat exhibition inParis.
RENTALTRACKERSURVEY
19
The first ERA/
IRN
RentalTracker surveyof
2015 finds a largemajority inbuoyantmood,
but is the recovery fullyunderway just yet?
EUROPEANRENTAL
23
AWARDS&ERACONVENTION
TheEuropeanRental Awards takeplace
on 3June. Webring you the candidates
competing for theSustainableProduct,
LargeRental CompanyandSmall Rental
Companyof theYear awards, aswell as
theprogramme for this year’s EuropeanRental Association
Convention.
PLANTWORXPREVIEW
31
More than 300exhibitors areheading to
theexhibitionat Bruntingthorpe, UK from
2 to4June, withnumerous launches and
awell representedhost nation.
GENERATORS/POWER
41
As users come to termswitha changing industry, new technology
is driving themobilegenerator forward.
REGIONALREPORT: JAPAN
48
For decades itwas aneconomicpowerhousewhose ideas
led - and changed - theworld. But how is Japan, and its rental
industry, really faring in 2015?
ASSETTRACKING&TELEMATICS
52
Telematics is ‘thebranchof information technologydealingwith
the long-distance transmissionof computerised information’ but
implementing it has beenmore complex thandefining it, until
now.
INTERNATIONALRENTAL
61
CONFERENCEASIA
The latest on theevent, which takes place
inBeijing inSeptember.
From Paris to Brazil,
French rental giant Loxam
is branching out. Go to
page 15 for the full story.
NEWS&KHL.COMROUND-UP
6
MartinSchickel of Liebherr talks about developments in the
company’sMietpartner business; privateequity fundCataCap
helps createDenmark’s largest rental company.
THEAPPLETONCOLUMN
11
With financial results beingannouncedalmost daily in recent
weeks, KevinAppletonasks if the rental industry is nowdivided
between the super-richandeveryoneelse.
INTERVIEW:
15
STÉPHANEHENON, LOXAM
French rental giant Loxammade
theheadlines lastmonthwhen
it purchaseda 25% stake in the
Brazilian companyDegraus. But for
managingdirector StéphaneHenon
it’s business as usual.
ROUSESERVICES
57
Thebusiness intelligence specialist shares its findings on the
stateof theUS rentalmarket in thewinter of 2014-15.
ERAPAGE
59
What goes into the total cost of ownershipof equipment? The
EuropeanRental Associationdetails itswork ina vital area for
manufacturers and rental companies.
FACES&PLACES
63
Peoplenews from theglobal rental sector.
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©Copyright KHLGroup, 2015
Official magazine of the ERA
NEWS
Volume 15 Issue 3 April-May 2015
INTERNATIONAL
A KHL Group Publication
rental
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branchesout
p15
Intermat reviewed
P12
RentalTracker
P19
Generators
P41
Japan
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