Content Tagged: "Telematics"

VMAC - Vehicle Mounted Air Compressors, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, has released digital controls and telematics for the UNDERHOOD® 40 air compressors.

75 years ago, Harry Truman became the President of the United States, a dozen eggs cost $0.70, and across the world in Bathurst, Australia, Wally Kennard said words that are ingrained in the history of Kennards Hire, “I won’t lend it to you, but I’ll hire it to you.”

This ARA Live panel brings four speakers together to discuss the benefits of equipment data and telematics services in the rental equipment space.

InTempo Software has partnered with Wise Systems, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions for strategic route planning.

Linamar Corporation’s (TSX:LNR) Skyjack division announces the launch of a new micro scissor line in the SJ3213 micro and SJ3219 micro. Skyjack’s

In the rental software space, rapidly evolving tech like artificial intelligence (AI) is being implemented alongside proven telematics programs that manage GPS tracking of fleet, equipment diagnostics and more.

As technology evolves, off-road equipment benefits, giving both rental equipment owners and their customers more options to maximize productivity, performance and safety.

Eqpme and Hapn announced a collaboration that aims to blend the digital and physical aspects of equipment rental by providing rental houses and dealers on the Eqpme platform with an integration of Hapn’s telematics API.

United Rentals, Stamford, Conn., has announced a next-generation access management solution to manage job-site and equipment access through radio frequency identification (RFID) badges.

Rental Management is producing the Rental Software Series. For the February 2024 issue, we profile MCS Rental Software, Birmingham, Ala., and Maidenhead, UK.

The ARA Foundation Charity Auction and Reception will be held Tuesday, Feb. 20, during The ARA Show™ 2024 in New Orleans. Take a look at just a few of the items that will be up for bid.

EquipmentShare has opened a new industrial and upfitting center in Moberly, Mo. The company said it is investing more than $46 million in the facility and expects to create 151 new jobs over the next four years.

Rental Management is producing the Rental Software Series. For the December 2023 issue, we profile Quipli, Atlanta.

Trackunit has strengthened its relationship with Hilti by adding more than 500,000 Hilti On!Track tags to its global network of Bluetooth gateways.

When Art Tidwell saw the concept of rental picking up steam, he jumped on board, opening Arvada Rent-Alls in 1963 in Arvada, Colo. 

Many are discovering that diesel generators combined with battery energy storage systems (BESS) can help reduce an organization’s carbon footprint by lowering construction fuel needs and emissions. The right generator and BESS combination can provide enormous environmental and economic benefits, making a construction project more sustainable while lowering noise pollution. Paralleling generators to create micro-grids can also optimize runtime efficiency for the project. Read more here.

Josh Nickell, the American Rental Association’s (ARA) vice president, equipment segment, discusses telematics and GPS for rental equipment and how it can assist an equipment rental company in this month’s Equipment Rental Insider video.

In this episode of the Equipment Rental Insider Podcast, Josh Nickell, the American Rental Association’s (ARA) vice president, equipment segment, discusses telematics and GPS for rental equipment and how it can assist an equipment rental company.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the media by storm this year. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a major factor in that. 

The Utility Expo 2023 returned to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., last week with a record-setting gathering of over 21,000 utility construction professionals from all 50 states and 60 countries.

Perkins Engines Co., Peterborough, UK, has rebranded with a promise of “delivering smarter solutions to advance sustainable power” and a renewed purpose in helping customers build and power a better, more sustainable world, the company says. 

The Perkins 2600 Series engine platform from Perkins Engine Co., Peterborough, UK, is configurated to meet the emission standards of European Union (EU) Stage V, U.S. EPA Tier 4 final as well as other versions.

One new feature and two safety key performance indicators (KPIs) have been released by Haulotte, L’Horme, France, and are available for all SHERPAL users.

For Raymond Gardner, 22, building a career at Rent Smart, his family’s equipment rental business in Grant and Sparta, Mich., was always the plan.