RentalMax to Open New Chicago Headquarters in Carol Stream
RentalMax, the largest general equipment rental company in Chicagoland, plans to open a new rental store location in Carol Stream, Ill., in the spring of 2020. The store, located two blocks north of North Avenue on 124 N. Schmale Road, will also house RentalMax’s administration offices and serve as the company’s headquarters.
The new Carol Stream facility, with two acres and 20,000 square feet, features an indoor service shop, a showroom, offices and a training center.
“We are thrilled to announce the newest RentalMax location in Carol Stream,” said John Jeanguenat, president. “Our priority at RentalMax is to provide best in class service and equipment to our customers. With the customer at the center of every decision we make, RentalMax is making a significant investment in experienced talent, top-of-the-line equipment and state-of-the-art facilities. The Carol Stream facility allows us to serve our clients at a heightened capacity throughout Chicagoland.”
The facility RentalMax will occupy is the former home of DitchWitch Midwest, which has been in Carol Stream since 1972.
“I want to personally thank Earl and Mark Harbaugh for their first-class approach to this deal,” Jeanguenat said. “We are grateful for the long-standing relationship with DitchWitch Midwest.”
RentalMax will move rental operations in Wheaton to the new location in Carol Stream. However, given its close proximity and expanded resources RentalMax will continue to serve long-time customers in Wheaton and DuPage County from the new location.
Founded in 1997, RentalMax is the largest general equipment rental company in the Chicagoland area. It has eight locations strategically positioned throughout Chicagoland to best serve professional contractors, industrial businesses and do-it-yourselfers.
RentalMax features quality rental equipment from brands like Bobcat, DitchWitch, NiftyLift, Skyjack, Vermeer, Wacker Neuson, and more.
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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.