Holland’s Riwal Named “Large Rental Company of the Year” by ERA

Riwal, international aerial work platform and telehandler rental specialist, was named “Large Rental Company of the Year” award, jointly presented by the European Rental Association and International Rental News.

Michael Roth

June 15, 2016

“2015 was an important year for Riwal,” said the judges in a statement. “It rolled out its new lean operation system, The Riwal Way, across its entire organization, revenues rose by 13 percent on a fleet that was just 4 percent larger, and EBITDA profits rose by 22 percent. The company was active across multiple fronts: creating an online account management portal for its customers; developing electric versions of booms for special applications; and opening new locations in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, India and Kazakhstan. In a very tightly contested category, and with other shortlisted companies also performing extremely well, Riwal is a very worthy winner of this year’s Large Rental Company of the Year award.”

“I really appreciate the recognition for the hard work that the team at Riwal has put forward to continuously improve our company and our service for our customers,” said Norty Turner, Riwal CEO.

Headquartered in Dordrecht, Netherlands, Riwal has operations in 17 countries.

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.