Crestchic Loadbanks Expands Rental Business into Ireland
Crestchic Loadbanks is expanding its hire and rental business, bringing the latest load bank and power testing solutions to the Irish market.
As one of the world's leading specialist manufacturers of load banks, Crestchic has the experience and expertise to reliably test power supplies in a range of industries, from data centers and healthcare to shipbuilding and ports. With operations all over the globe, not to mention the growing importance of Ireland as the European capital of data center design, operation and construction, the company has set its sights on bringing its industry-leading testing solutions to the Irish market.
To ensure the success of this new venture, Crestchic has teamed up with local company Comeragh Commissioning Solutions LTD, led by Martin Tobin. The company will trade as Crestchic Ireland. A veteran in the industry, Tobin’s local knowledge and connections, combined with Crestchic’s technical expertise and longevity in the marketplace, offers customers access to a wider fleet of solutions along with unrivalled technical knowledge.
“We’re seeing an increased demand for load bank hire in industries all over the globe, with Ireland no exception,” said Chris Caldwell, managing director, Crestchic. “Ireland has a growing data center market, characterized by a mix of data centers targeting enterprise demand and massive investment by hyperscales, more so than any other country in Europe. As a global company, we’ve been supplying our load banks worldwide for over 35 years. However, this move really cements our focus on ensuring that we serve the Irish market to the very best of our ability, offering a quick turnaround on the very latest technology.”
Crestchic’s load bank solutions are used to test backup power systems such as generators, ensuring that they will work effectively when needed. With businesses increasingly choosing to invest in back-up power systems to reduce the likelihood of costly downtime in the event of a power outage, Crestchic’s rental division is able to supply load banks of various capacities on both short- and long-term hire agreements.
“I’m delighted to be working with Crestchic,” said Tobin. “Our strategic alliance allows me to strengthen my offering to existing customers, enabling them to access a larger fleet of the latest load bank technology. The growing demand from the data center market in Ireland makes it an ideal time to launch what we anticipate will be a very successful joint venture.”
For more information on how load bank technology can help to ensure business continuity, visit www.crestchic.ie.
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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.