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Former Cramo chief executive officer Gunnar Glifberg will be one of the two new inductees into the American Rental Association’s Rental Hall of Fame.

View Murray Pollok's podcast report from the BICES exhibition, held in Beijing in October.

Associated Builders & Contractors say falling public spending will be offset by private gains

European rental companies will invest the equivalent of 14% of the total value of their fleets (at original cost) in both 2012 and 2013 after similar levels of spending this year, according to the third quarter ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey.

Ramirent has signed a sponsorship agreement for the 2012 European Athletics Championships being held in Finland next summer. As part of the agreement it will be the exclusive equipment rental partner for the event.

Haulotte Group has started production of its Compact 10 and 12 electric scissors at its Chinese facility in Changzhou. The company has been producing 6 and 8 m scissors at the plant for the past 18 months.

Belgium rental company, Heli has moved into new premises, which consolidates all its operations and divisions in one location. The company split its operations, which includes rental, machine sales - including Snorkel and Bluelift - and logistics, after a period of rapid growth three years ago.

Europe's rental industry will grow by an estimated 5.5% this year followed by slightly slower growth of 4% in 2012 and 3% in 2013, predicts the European Rental Association (ERA) in its latest European Equipment Rental Industry 2011 Report.

Terex Corp and JLG/Oshkosh Corp are working together in China to promote safe working practices and to lobby the Chinese government about the benefits of modern access and mining equipment.

Investment would speed up road, rail, energy grid, pipeline and broadband network projects

Eurostat figures for August show strong year-on-year growth in Poland, Romania and Germany

Manitou is continuing to expand its presence in Asia from its regional hub based in Singapore. This year through Manitou Asia, the group has been developing a new local service platform for its regional networks. The objective is to support new markets, such as India, China or Indonesia, which are gradually adopting sophisticated handling equipment.

Oshkosh, the parent company of JLG, has resolved the dispute over contracts with its union without work schedules being disrupted at the company.

At the SAIE exhibition held last week in Bologna, Italy, French manufacturer, Manitou announced that its Italian subsidiary MCI (Manitou Costruzioni Industriali), headquartered in Castelfranco Emilia, would be renamed Manitou Italia.

Australia’s Onsite Rental Group aims to seriously challenge market leader Coates Hire and has set itself an ambitious three year growth plan.

Terex Corp said it wants its AWP division to almost treble its sales by 2015, with ambitious sales targets of US$2.5 billion by 2013 and $3.0 billion by 2015.

Construction Products Association highlights rising prices and weakening domestic demand

Multitel Pagliero celebrated its 100th anniversary with an enormous party at its headquarters in Manta, Italy, on Friday 30 September. The event drew around 500 customers, dealers and suppliers from all over Europe.

UK access and lighting tower manufacturer Youngman Group exhibited at the recent DelhiBuild exhibition in India with local ladder manufacturer ESS Gulliver Ladders.

Terex AWP has developed a narrow 14 m electric scissor for Europe, the Middle East and Russia (EMEAR) and will start production at a new line in its Coventry, UK facility in the first quarter of 2012.