NEWS & KHL.COM ROUND-UP
HSS makes access acquisition; RentalTracker results; HKL helps with flood relief; Coates Hire ownership confirmed; Nationwide Platforms’ investment plans; plus other news from the world’s rental sector.

KEVIN APPLETON COLUMN
Private equity firms are interested in rental because it is an immature and fragmented sector and promises good cash generation. Kevin Appleton casts his eye over an increasingly important player in the rental industry.

ERA/IRN RENTALTRACKER
Europe’s rental industry remains cautious and is not seeing any dramatic upturn in demand, according to the latest ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey for the second quarter of the year.

INTERVIEW: NORTY TURNER, RIWAL
Riwal’s CEO Norty Turner wants the company to be at the forefront of developing the access rental market around the world. He spoke to Murray Pollok.

INTERVIEW: MORIAKI KADOYA, HITACHI EUROPE
IRN asks Moriaki Kadoya, president/CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe), for his views on the rental market.

ERA PAGE
The European Rental Association’s committee for Equipment Technology is looking in detail at the most common repairs and maintenance issues that rental companies have with machines.

RENTAL IT
This year sees UK software company MCS Global celebrate thirty years of developing rental software. Murray Pollok spoke to chairman and founder Richard van der Knaap.

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INTERNATIONAL RENTAL CONFERENCE, BEIJING
IRN previews the first International Rental Conference (IRC), being held in Beijing, China, on 14 October, 2013, with speakers including Gérard Déprez and Michael Kneeland.

PRODUCT FEATURE: LIGHTING TOWERS
Manufacturers are taking differing approaches to the technology of lighting towers, with LED lamps, solar power and hybrid energy solutions crowding in on the traditional metal halide, diesel powered towers.