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Speedy Hire to launch decarbonisation tool for customers
Speedy Hire targets to achieve net zero by 2040 with its ‘Decade to Deliver’ strategy
Acces Industrie offers BIM capability to customers
Rental firm partners with French BIM technology platform
High-capacity telehandlers do the heavy lifting
With strong growth in 2023 followed by what many are calling a ‘promising’ 2024, these jobsite workhorses remain in high-demand
Extinguishing EV fires poses unique challenges
When lithium ion batteries catch fire, they burn differently from internal combustion engines. Fighting those fires poses difficulties in vehicle fire suppression
MEWPs help artist KaplaBen break world record
Nationwide Platforms provides machines to build the tallest wooden tower in the world
TPA launches site access app
Company unveils SitePlotter for roadway surveys
New Xwatch dealer for New Zealand
Global Survey will distribute the a range of Xwatch safety for construction products in the country
Telematics: The data driving construction machines
Monitoring data streams to help drive down costs and carbon emissions
Interview: Trackunit VP on telematics and MEWPs
What Trackunit’s acquisition of ZTR means for the world of telematics and the access equipment industry
Excavator technology team up from Volvo CE and Topcon
Integrated Topcon 3D-MC system lets operators dig trenches, grade slopes and create site profiles using automated digging 
IPAF rolls out e-PAL app internationally
Now available in 26 countries, new ePAL app lets MEWP operators share their qualifications with site managers
ARA launches RentalHQ mobile app
App means finding rental construction equipment can be done from the jobsite
Trade Plant Hire app launches in UK
New construction equipment rental App lets users compare and hire products from different rental companies
Digitisation or digitalisation in equipment rental: what’s the difference?
Appleton column: The key steps and potential pitfalls rental businesses face on their digital transformation journey
Rental company GSV on its digital journey
IRN’s Belinda Smart speaks to Peter Fritzbøger, Digital Director at rental firm GSV about the digitisation process and its outcomes
Interview: Alexander Greschner, Wacker Neuson
Wacker Neuson hopes a new equipment sharing App will boost the rental businesses of some of its dealers. Murray Pollok reports.
Kubota app to reduce loader downtime
Kubota has launched a diagnostic app for its Compact Truck Loaders