Candidates for the American Rental Association (ARA) board election have been announced. Ballots will be mailed to the designated voting representatives of all ARA members in early August and be due by mid-September — so now is the time to begin becoming acquainted with the candidates. (More)
RSC Equipment Rental, Scottsdale, Ariz., last week announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the operations and certain operating assets of American Equipment Rentals, Providence, R.I. American is a leading provider of aerial equipment, forklifts and other rental equipment serving commercial construction contractors in Providence, R.I.; Woburn, Mass.; and New Britain, Conn. American is one of the largest independent aerial equipment rental companies in New England with annual revenues about $19 million, of which nearly 90 percent are rental revenues. (More)
