Able Equipment Rental Opens Allentown, Pa., Branch, the Company’s Sixth
Able Equipment Rental has opened a new branch in Allentown, Pa., giving Able six full-line facilities. Serving the Lehigh Valley and its immediate surroundings, the branch is located on two acres. The 18,000-square-foot facility is positioned to attract customers from the region’s strong Northeast Pennsylvania customer base.
“Given its optimal location with excellent transportation routes, our new Allentown branch is poised to become a key construction equipment supplier in the region,” said Steven Laganas, Able’s CEO. “We researched and visited several facilities in the area before committing to the property in Allentown. We’re extremely excited to be part of the Lehigh Valley business community.”
Able’s move into the Lloyd St. location will eventually bring up to 30 additional jobs to the Lehigh Valley workforce, the company said. Some of these jobs include drivers, mechanics, rental coordinators, and account managers.
“The Able team is made up of employees with a can-do attitude eager to please customers,” said Chris Pera, Able’s chief operating officer. “When we enter a new market we’re always thinking about the talent that already exists in the area. The Allentown region has a seasoned and experienced employee candidate pool to choose from. It’s really a perfect match for Able.”
Able purchases equipment from leading manufacturers and continues to add to its fleet. Able offers daily, weekly, monthly and long-term rentals, and financing plans for new and used equipment.
Able is headquartered in Deer Park, N.Y., in Long Island, and has other locations in Edison and Pennsauken, N.J., Honey Brook and Norristown, Pa. Able Equipment Rental is No. 67 on the RER 100.
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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.