GM Equipment Corp., based in the north central Pennsylvania city of Kersey, has opened its first Ohio location in Columbus. Started in 2006 as a family-owned and operated company, GM Equipment Rentals has a history of servicing customer needs in the aerial and material handling markets of Pennsylvania and is determined to bring the same service to its new branch.
“Customer service and satisfaction is our No. 1 priority,” says the management team at GM Equipment, “We offer this service by creating a successful partnership with our customers throughout the rental process. Our pledge is to establish a long-lasting relationship by exceeding customer expectations and gaining their trust.”
GM Equipment Rentals carries boom lifts, telehandlers, scissor lifts, forklifts, as well as earthmoving and support equipment. GM is a dealer for Genie, JLG, and Skyjack equipment, with plans to add future lines. The company currently has five locations: Clarion, Clearfield, Pittsburgh (Zelienople), and St. Mary’s, Pa., with the newest branch in Columbus, Ohio.
The company’s service covers central and western Pennsylvania, most of Ohio, the southern tier of New York and the panhandle of West Virginia. Visit www.gmequipmentrentals.com
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.