United Rentals Finalizes Acquisition of Canada’s WesternOne Rentals & Sales

United Rentals announced that United Rentals of Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has completed the previously announced acquisition of WesternOne Rentals & Sales LP for a cash purchase price of approximately $90.4 million.
Dec. 3, 2018
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United Rentals significantly grows its presence the western Canadian equipment rental market including aerial equipment general rentals and portable heating
United Rentals significantly grows its presence the western Canadian equipment rental market, including aerial equipment, general rentals and portable heating.

United Rentals announced that United Rentals of Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has completed the previously announced acquisition of WesternOne Rentals & Sales LP for a cash purchase price of approximately $90.4 million. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on the revenues or earnings of United Rentals, the company said.

WesternOne is a leading regional equipment rental provider in Western Canada. The acquisition expands United Rentals’ service to construction and industrial customers in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba with a larger offering of general construction equipment and portable heat solutions. Also, the company establishes a greater presence in the sports and entertainment market and gains a comprehensive propane and diesel fuel service.

“The WesternOne acquisition deepens our presence in key markets in Western Canada, with a dual benefit to our core business and specialty operations,” said United Rentals CEO Michael Kneeland. “In addition, our regional penetration of the sports and entertainment vertical gives us new expertise to leverage for customers across North America. I’m pleased to welcome the WesternOne employees and customers to United Rentals.”

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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.

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