After 32 years of working at MBW Inc. Joe Angeles retired on June 26, 2020.
Angeles became an industry icon through his worldly travels and eccentric personality. His biggest role at MBW was as the international sales manager and the MBW sales school instructor. He brought entertainment and education to many professionals around the world and developed a worldwide network of friendships and business partners.
“Joe’s influence will be felt for years through his teaching ability, the peers he mentored and partnerships he set up,” MBW said in a statement.
Angeles plans to move up north, enjoy time with his wife and their dogs, fish and hunt and get back into his love for creating artwork.
“We want to thank him for his hard work, dedication and many years of making a difference at MBW. He not only was an amazing co-worker but also a friend to many of us here at MBW and will be missed,” the company added.
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Michael Roth
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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.