ASV to Provide Track Loaders to Australian Rental Chain Kennards Hire

ASV Holdings, provider of rubber-tracked compact track loaders and wheeled skid-steer loaders has begun a new agreement with the largest independently owned industrial equipment rental specialist in Australia, Kennards Hire, which has more than 150 locations in Australia and New England.
June 29, 2018

ASV Holdings, provider of rubber-tracked compact track loaders and wheeled skid-steer loaders has begun a new agreement with the largest independently owned industrial equipment rental specialist in Australia, Kennards Hire, which has more than 150 locations in Australia and New England.

“We are pleased to announce that, after working with our Australian distribution partner, CEG Distributions, to successfully complete an extensive 18-month trial period, Kennards Hire, a pre-eminent name in the Australian equipment rental market, has approved ASV as a supplier of our RT-30 Posi-Track loaders,” said Justin Rupar, vice president of sales and marketing for ASV. “Kennards Hire, a family-owned third-generation business with $336 million in 2017 revenue, a staff of over 1,400 across its 150 locations, is a dynamic company that has grown as a consolidator in the region.

“Our long-term, leading presence in Australia has provided us with excellent brand recognition and a track record of proving high quality equipment and support. We are excited to be in the position to grow with Kennards, a leading rental organization. The equipment rental market is among our top growth opportunities and strategic initiatives, and this new agreement provides an excellent channel to increased sales in this market.”

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.

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