14 | HIRE
AND
RENTAL
NEWS
| FEBRUARY 2014
INDUSTRY IN FOCUS
Hoppt Construction Equipment’s range
of compaction and concrete placing
equipment is now available in Australia.
Established in 1975 in Singapore, Hoppt
Construction Equipment range includes
rammers, rollers to 1.5t, 200 and 400kg
reversible plate compactors, 60kg and
90kg forward plate compactors, concrete
trowels, vibrators, drive units, concrete
saws and diamond blades.
Peter Evans took on the role of Hoppt
Australian General Manager in May 2013
and said the company is actively growing
distributors in each state.
The full Hoppt range includes; rollers
both ride on and walk behind, rammers
diesel and 4-stroke petrol with Honda
and Subaru engines, compactor plates
Hoppt Construction Equipment
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including a plate specially designed for
pavers, reversible plate compactors,
concrete trowels both walk behind and
ride on, concrete vibrators, drive units
both petrol and diesel, flexdrive pumps,
concrete saws, concrete grinders and
scarifiers and small all-terrain loaders.
Peter has been a part of the hire industry
for years, spending 18 years in general hire
starting with St George Hire in 1983.
“This included GKN Rentals and National
Hire in various roles. Then I spent the best
part of 10 years with Flextool/Parchem as
State Manager and Product Manager.
“After leaving Flextool/Parchem, it was
time to set up and provide quality products
with the service customers expect and
Hoppt Australia was established.
“In our short time of operation we have
supplied products to the civil construction
market, major concreters, landscapers,
builders and into the rental market.
“We are finding it a challenging market
currently, after seeing lower than average
infrastructure development in Australia
and an overall lack of business confidence,
however we can see this situation has all
the signs of changing to strong growth
over the next few years,” Peter said.
“We plan to grow the company and
brand by providing quality products at
realistic prices with exceptional service.”
Hoppt Australia is located at Unit 3,
12 Burns Road, Heathcote, NSW.
Contact: 0412 646 463 or visit website:
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Queensland based company, Ezyquip
Hire has taken a proactive approach
to quality, safety and environmental
practices and chosen Plant Assessor as its
platform to manage risks associated with
plant and equipment.
According to Ezyquip Hire’s General
Manager, Denis Gardner, implementation
of the plant safety management
system has resulted in improved plant
compliance and better safety information
made available to customers.
“More broadly, the Integrated
Management System implementation has
resulted in the virtual elimination of lost
time injuries, and has seen a considerable
reduction in medically treated injuries.”
Specialising in plant and equipment
hire solutions for the civil, construction
and mining industries throughout
Australia, Ezyquip Hire operates a fleet in
Excelling in quality, safety & environment
excess of 600 pieces and understands the
challenges clients face on a daily basis.
To support its QSE program, Ezyquip
Hire has implemented an Integrated
Management System which focuses on five
key risk areas:
• Inductions and competency;
• Plant and equipment;
• Hazardous substances and dangerous
goods;
• Safe Work methods;
• Control of changes and maintenance
methods.
Ezyquip Hire chose Plant Assessor as
its platform to manage risks associated
with plant and equipment; and over the
past 15 months has illustrated exceptional
planning and execution in conducting a
comprehensive plant safety plan.
Denis said the decision to utilise Plant
Assessor was significant for the company,
EagleRider, provider of motorcycle
lifestyle and experiences, had the grand
opening of its Sydney location on
1 December, with its Brisbane opening
scheduled in the first quarter of 2014.
Since its founding in 1992, EagleRider
has pioneered the motorcycle experience
providing the motorcyclist with a range of
experiences from rentals to comprehensive
tour vacations. The expansion in Australia
through FineDays represents EagleRider’s
82nd and 83rd locations in 14 countries.
because the system would allow the team
to have a more unified approach when
monitoring and maintaining fleet safety.
“Plant Assessor is quick and easy to use
and is very thorough. Our team members
can check the status of plant safety
online at any time, and can also provide
detailed, machine specific risk assessments
to clients while they have plant on hire
with the click of a button,” Denis said.
Ezyquip Hire’s Safety Manager, Peter
Lupschen has been impressed with the
system since it was rolled out.
“We have been able to conduct
comprehensive safety assessments on
more than 600 pieces of large plant in the
last 12 months, which would have taken
us years using our old paper system,”
Peter said.
For more contact: 1300 728 852 or visit:
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Motorcycle rental experience in Australia
“We are proud to have such
a strong partner in Australia,”
Chris McIntyre, EagleRider’s
Co-Founder and President said.
Will Keith, Owner of FineDays
said, “We are excited to deliver
EagleRider motorcycle rentals
in Australia. We launched our
Australian operations with our
flagship location in Sydney on
1 December, 2013.
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