AWP Manufacturer Skyjack Wins United Rentals’ Supplier of the Year Award

Skyjack Inc., a division of Linamar Corp., was honored by United Rentals earlier this month with a Supplier of the Year Award. Skyjack, a leading original equipment manufacturer has been building its relationship with the world’s largest rental company since its inception in 1997.
Jan. 23, 2019
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Skyjack Inc., a division of Linamar Corp., was honored by United Rentals earlier this month with a Supplier of the Year Award. Skyjack, a leading original equipment manufacturer has been building its relationship with the world’s largest rental company since its inception in 1997. Since then, Skyjack and United Rentals have been working hand in hand to maximize job site productivity and Project Uptime for end users.

“Our team at Skyjack understands the importance of helping our customers meet their business goals, so we are so humbled to receive an award from a company with such a large array of equipment and suppliers,” said George Fitchett, senior vice president of national accounts for Skyjack. “This award is truly a reflection of the hard work completed by a lot of people. I know a lot goes on behind the scenes and this award shows our entire team that our collective work, helping our customers achieve their goals, is appreciated.”

United Rentals kicks off each year with a supplier show during the first week of January. Skyjack, as a company who works hard and plays hard, brings football fan gear to the show each year. It was at this show that United Rentals presented Skyjack with their Supplier of the Year Award.

“All of us at United Rentals were proud to present Skyjack with the 2018 Supplier of the Year award, an honor they also won in 2012. Skyjack has been an extraordinary partner to United Rentals since 1997,” said TJ Mahoney, vice president of supply chain at United Rentals. “They go above and beyond expectations and delivery quality products and service.”

The two industry leaders share similar values by showcasing commitments to safety, leading by example, and using innovation to better serve their customers.

“Skyjack places a high value on relationships with our customers and we are very grateful for the privilege of earning this award,” said Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack.

Skyjack is based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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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.

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