All Mergers & acquisitions Articles

Ramirent is to acquire Hyrman i Lund AB in Sweden, a seven depot rental company with annual revenues of around €15 million and operating mainly in the Halland and Scania regions in the south of the country.

Cramo has acquired two well-known rental companies in Norway and Sweden: the Norwegian firm Stavdal Utleiesenter and Sweden's Tidermans Hyrmaskinerm including sister company Tidermans Hyrmec. The purchase prices have not been disclosed.

Sunbelt Rentals the US arm of the Ashtead Group has bought the majority of the assets of US aerial platform rental specialist the HiReach based in Pennsylvania.

German truck mount manufacturer, Ruthmann has announced that it is taking over all sales and service activity for Versalift in Germany and Austria. This follows the recent announcement that Time Danmark A/S would be acting as a distributor for Ruthmann in Denmark

Altrad the French scaffolding and light equipment company has acquired 100% of the shares of NSG UK, just weeks after buying another UK company Beaver 84.

RSC Equipment Rental has agreed to buy New Jersey aerial platform rental company Independent Aerial Equipment (IAE) for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes the operations and “certain operating assets”.

Niederrhein based Arbeitsbühnen-Vermietung Schmelzer GmbH has been acquired by German access rental company Mateco after a long period working in cooperation.

Brazilian rental company Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia has acquired suspended access rental company GP Andaimes Sul Locadora Ltda (GP Sul) for R$ 5.5 million (€2.4 million).

Loxam has acquired Stammis, a small general rental business in the Netherlands that was owned by Riwal. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Spain's largest rental company opens talks with a view to buying a key rival.

US scaffolding and access specialist, Safway Services has bought Atlantic Hoisting & Scaffolding, LLC, a large provider of scaffolding and hoisting solutions in the New York City area. By the acquisition Safway hopes to strengthen its expertise in metropolitan high-rise scaffolding and access solutions.

Pekkaniska has sold its Finnish weather protection and scaffolding business to Ramirent. The management and staff of Suomen Sääsuoja Oy will transfer to Ramirent and the price has not been disclosed.

Altrad, the French scaffolding and light equipment company, has acquired UK scaffolding, fencing and groundworks specialist Beaver 84 for an undisclosed sum. Beaver 84 was sold by its parent company, SIG Trading Ltd.

Boels Verhuur has acquired the HuurMax rental division of Netherlands builders merchant and DIY store owner RAB Beheer.

Denmark’s BMS A/S has sold its aerial platform rental division to Riwal Denmark and will now focus on its crane rental business.

United Rentals' Canadian subsidiary is to acquire Venetor Group, a seven-location equipment rental company in Canada, for an undisclosed price.

Ramirent has acquired the rental operations of Czech Republic company Stavební Doprava a Mechanizace (SDM), a three-depot operation that rents a wide range of equipment, although mainly access towers and aerial platforms.

Netherlands company Hoogwerker Centrum - part of the Beuzekom Group - has acquired German access specialist Power-Lift GmbH.

Ramirent completes the full acquisition of its Slovakian rental partner OTS, having acquired 60% of the business in 2008

Loxam has acquired six depots from regional French rental company Régis Location. The depots are in Ile de France and Picardy.