Sunbelt Rentals has acquired Hawkeye Equipment Rentals, a leading independent aerial equipment rental company serving the Southern California. The company is known for its focus on large commercial and industrial contractors engaged in major, long-term construction projects.
Hawkeye’s strong financial performance has positioned it as a major player and its deep relationships with the region’s contractor base, combined with its commitment to service and specialization in aerial rental equipment, made it an attractive partner for Sunbelt Rentals.
Catalyst Strategic Advisors served as exclusive transaction advisor to Hawkeye Equipment Rentals.
Sunbelt Rentals, No. 2 on the RER 100, operates more than 1,300 locations in North America and maintains a fleet valued at more than $16 billion.
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
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.
