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Eddie Precision gears up for global push

5 days ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Euan Youdale

“We want to become an international company and expanding our global customer base is the aim.”So says Song Fei, chairman and CEO of Eddie Precision, a major hydraulics parts supplier to manufacturers including XCMG, LiuGong and Zoomlion.
AI boom spawns data centre gold rush in new cities

6 days ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Neil Gerrard

The artificial intelligence boom is driving a gold rush into data centre construction as investors scramble to build a new generation of giant buildings which house the backbone of the internet. Consultants say that demand for AI models such as Google’s Gemini or OpenAI’s GPT-4, is prompting investors to pour billions into the sector, spawning a building boom reaching well beyond established data centre locations.
Rental’s biggest suppliers: 2025 Yellow Table ranks the world’s largest OEMs

1 week ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Neil Gerrard

The latest ranking of the biggest construction equipment manufacturers in the world has been revealed. Published in the latest edition of International Construction magazine, the Yellow Table lists the top 50 biggest OEMs by their annual revenue for 2024 in US dollars. The newest edition of the Yellow Table showed that the world’s 50 largest construction OEMs generated a total revenue of US$237.6 billion.
Friday quiz: Who is buying Aggreko’s Russian business? | What was behind Herc-H&E delay? | Theft ‘scourge’

1 week ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Neil Gerrard

It’s the International Rental News weekly quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of equipment rental over the past seven days? 1) Why did Herc Holdings extend the deadline for its offer to acquire H&E Equipment Services until yesterday (29 May)?
“The next three years will be even harder,” LGMG chairman on the challenges facing the company at home and abroad

2 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Euan Youdale

“The past five years have been hard, but for many the next three years will be even harder.”So says Yu Mengsheng, the chairman of Lingong Heavy Machinery (LGMG), one of the world’s top ten biggest access platform manufacturers. As one of the first major Chinese construction OEMs to move into the access market in 2015, LGMG has ridden high on a wave of a booming domestic construction market, helping it to expand into European and US markets.
Friday quiz: What is John Deere investing in? Major step in Herc’s H&E acquisition | Liebherr milestone

2 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Lucy Barnard

It’s the International Rental News weekly quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of equipment rental over the past seven days? 1) What major investment did John Deere announce during its Q2 2025 earnings call?
From China with cash: The Chinese garbage truck manufacturer looking to expand into the global access market

2 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Euan Youdale

Infore Environmental Technology, a Chinese manufacturer, is best known for making the distinctive green and grey electric garbage trucks and road sweepers seen on many streets across the People’s Republic and beyond. Yet, last year the Shenzhen-listed company announced plans to become one of its largest global players in the aerial lift market as part of an ambitious international expansion.
Going local: JLG president on how tariffs are speeding up regional production plans

2 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Lindsey Anderson

RB: What major challenges are you facing in 2025? Mahesh Narang: All key metrics look healthy, with the only major uncertainty being the outcome of tariffs. That’s the one unknown. Otherwise, customers are generally optimistic about the year ahead. It may not match last year, but it should still be strong. The biggest challenge is managing uncertainty. Once the situation becomes clear we’ll know how to compete.
The way of the dragons: Chinese construction OEMs chase overseas growth

3 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Lucy Barnard |Andy Brown

Chinese construction equipment manufacturers are looking to partner with rental companies and brokers around the world as they pursue ambitious “chu hai” strategies. A faltering domestic economy, attempts to circumvent US and European trade tariffs and infrastructure improvements created through the Chinese state’s Belt & Road initiative, are encouraging more Chinese manufacturers to look to “Chu hai” - the Chinese phrase to describe “going global” for expansion.
“We could see a niche in the market” NXGen boss reports spike in demand for specialist re-rentals

3 weeks ago | internationalrentalnews.com | Lucy Barnard

Russ Jones, group managing director at NXGen, a niche rental firm specialising in cranes and heavy lifting, is a busy man. The company runs a fleet of self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) – long trains of multi-axle trailer like vehicles designed to carry heavy loads – as well as more than 15 cranes, ballast pumps, mooring winches and other niche equipment which it supplies either directly to customers or through re-rental agreements.