Doosan Portable Power Adds Rish Equipment as Distributor
Doosan Portable Power has named Rish Equipment Co. as an authorized distributor. Rish Equipment Co. will supply Doosan air compressors, generators, light towers and light compaction equipment at 14 locations across portions of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.
Rish Equipment Co. traces its beginnings to 1934 and an off-road equipment distributor location in Virginia. Additional locations followed and the company now offers new, used and rental equipment at 14 branch locations. Preventive maintenance programs, repair and rebuild facilities, and extensive parts inventory are also available to serve a diverse base of customers including those in the construction, mining and road construction industries.
“Rish Equipment Company’s 85-plus years in business is proof that they truly understand the markets in their area and the importance of providing first-class service to every customer,” said Marc James, eastern region sales director, Doosan Portable Power. “They are well-qualified to represent Doosan Portable Power and we’re pleased to have them join our network of distributors.”
Doosan Portable Power has an extensive dealer network with more than 350 dealer locations in North America.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.