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United Rentals, Greenwich, Conn., last week announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. For the fourth quarter, total revenue was $557 million and rental revenue was $450 million, compared with $791 million and $606 million, respectively, for the fourth quarter 2008. For the full year, total revenue was $2.4 billion and rental revenue was $1.8 billion, compared with $3.3 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, for the full year 2008.
As a service for Rental Pulse subscribers, the editors of RENTAL MANAGEMENT will be producing special editions of Rental Pulse Daily, an e-mail newsletter with exclusive coverage of what’s happening from the floor at The Rental Show 2010 in Orlando, Fla., including a preview of the current day’s events.
Volvo Construction Equipment, Asheville, N.C., and JCB, Pooler, Ga., have entered into a framework agreement under which they will cooperate on the engineering and manufacturing of skid-steer loader and compact tracked loader products for distribution under their respective brands and through their respective global dealer networks.
As the equipment rental industry convenes in Orlando, Fla., for the 54th annual The Rental Show this week, the just-released results of the American Rental Association’s (ARA) Fourth Quarter 2009 Economic Survey show a renewed optimism among ARA members for a better 2010.
With a quartet singing doo-wop tunes, and an NBA maven giving out a game plan for business, the keynote address kicked off The Rental Show on a high note Monday, Feb. 8. Awards were given to rental industry volunteers and veterans, while executive leadership for the American Rental Association changed hands.
Embracing opportunity, attendees who streamed onto the exhibit floor when it opened at 11:30 a.m. Monday looked, learned, planned what to buy and started making purchases.
Generous attendees, through donations and buying items at the fourth annual live auction Monday, Feb. 8, helped the ARA Foundation raise $50,000 at The Rental Show 2010 in Orlando, Fla.
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