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HSS to Manage Enterprise Equipment

UK-based rental company HSS Hire has been appointed as preferred equipment supplier and manager for infrastructure maintenance support services company Enterprise.

RSC to Present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference

RSC Equipment Rental Inc.

RSC has announced its participation at the Deutsche Bank 2011 Leveraged Finance Conference. Erik Olsson, president and chief executive officer, and Tricia Chiodo, SVP and chief financial officer, are scheduled to present on Wednesday, October 12.

Terex Enters Agreement to Acquire Controlling Interest of Ritz do Brazil

Terex Construction Americas

Terex Corporation has entered an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the business of Ritz do Brazil S.A., which produces equipment for the construction and maintenance of energized power lines up to 800kV.

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Hyundai Heavy Starts Building Plant in Brazil

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has started building its planned construction equipment plant in Brazil, which the company hopes will help it secure a bridgehead to expand presence in Central and South America.

July Construction Spending Stumbles, May and June Revised Up

May and June upward revisions total more than $44 billion, four times larger than July's decline

Webinar: Who Pays For Roads, and How?

Discuss a 50-state review of transportation governance and finance

Business Services

Is It Time for a Change?

Choosing a management software program is a little like getting married. Most people make their choice based on a number of personal factors, and then they stick with it. But what if you made a choice and several years later, it just doesn't feel right anymore? Would you look elsewhere for satisfaction, or would you try to make do with what you have?

Go Back to Basics to Maximize Skid Steer ROI

Today's skid steers are not "your father's Oldsmobile," so to speak. They’re bigger, more productive and they come with a heck of a lot more features than the machines of yesteryear. The question is, how much do your customers really need from the skid steers they rent from you?

The latest skid steers feature proportional hydraulics that allow for infinitely adjustable flow to attachments, resulting in more precise control for the operator.

Gasoline Engines

Beware of E15 Gasoline

Despite risks to engines, E15 ethanol fuel could soon come to a pump near you

Mis-fueling has the potential to cause irreversible damage to the older gas-powered equipment in your fleet.

See the Difference

Come see our redesigned website and portal, with a fresh look and enhanced content and navigation.

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Yet Another Reason We Need a Highway Bill

Virginia will be out of highway construction funds by 2017

Deere Leader Sees Recovery in Rising Rental Rates

"Construction is starting to make a comeback," states Samuel Allen, chairman and CEO of Deere & Co., noting that rental rates for equipment are steadily climbing from their lows of 2008 and 2009.

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