Hire and Rental News - November 2014

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62 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2014
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
According to Kevin Kitchen – National
Sales Manager for Crommelins Machinery
Sales, when upgrading or adding to your
Hire Fleet, there are as many things to
consider as there are products on offer and
the difference in price could only be one or
two hires.
“While your decision will always involve
price, in the rental industry the upfront
purchase price is only ever part of the
equation,” Kevin said.
“Firstly, there’s Product Quality, it must
provide a long working life, reliability,
ease of use, operator safety and have
a low downtime. This is important to
determining the return on investment,
which will be many times more than the
initial saving. You are also looking for
comprehensive warranties made for hire,
guaranteed spare parts availability and
super quick delivery.”
“Crommelins can offer extra service
life, reliability (every Crommelins brand
Decisions, decisions, decisions
product is assembled in Australia and
is run and tested to meet specifications
before delivery). Crommelins products
are covered by comprehensive warranties
including when used in the hire industry.
For example; Subaru engines come with
a three year genuine engine warranty
and there is a two year Crommelins
warranty on all Crommelins Australian
manufactured products,” Kevin said.
“Finally, when choosing a product, ask
what backup and support it has. Can you
afford to wait days or weeks to have that
piece of plant back earning? Crommelins
delivers spare parts the next day to all
capital cities, if you place a parts order by
5pm EST (3pm Perth time) it will be picked,
packed and air bagged the next day.”
Contact: Crommelins Territory
or (East Coast) 1300 650 659; (WA
Regional) 1800 655 588; (WA Metro)
08 9350 5588 or visit website:
Authorised distributor of
Yanmar, JCB, and MASE
products, Power Equipment
has appointed Nick Lee to
the newly created position
of National Engineering and
Customer Service Manager.
Noel Heritage (Power
Equipment - Business
Manager) confirmed Power
Equipment had intensified its
focus on product support.
“Nick Lee has joined Power
Equipment with the specific
objective of driving our aftermarket
support effort across all brands,” Noel said.
“This new position is aimed at supporting
customers and dealers with technical
support, product training and an enhanced
level of factory backing.”
Expanding aftermarket tech support
Nick Lee has extensive
experience with diesel
engines. In his previous
positions he has been
responsible for diesel
applications in marine,
power generation and
general industry. This
has ranged from smaller
diesel engines through to
mammoth diesel engines
powering sea going ships.
Within Nick’s brief is the
task to boost training
support at the dealer level as well as within
Power Equipment. This will involve a close
working relationship between Nick and
the Power Equipment Service Engineers.
Contact: 03 9709 8500 or visit:
QUEENSLAND GAS BRISBANE
25–26 November 2014 – Brisbane
Brisbane Convention &
Exhibition Centre. Visit: www.
queenslandgasconference.com.au
BAUMA CHINA
25–28 November 2014 – Shanghai
New International Expo Centre,
Pudong New Area, Shanghai. Visit:
THE RENTAL SHOW ARA
22–25 February 2015 – New Orleans
USA
Ernest N Morial Convention Center
Register at:
HRIA CONVENTION 2015
28–30 April 2015 – Adelaide
Adelaide Showground.
Visit:
ACE EXPO 2015
14–16 May 2015 – Brisbane
The Australian Construction
Equipment Expo Queensland is to be
held at Eagle Farm.
Contact: 02 9556 7999 or visit:
CONEXPO LATIN AMERICA
21–24 October 2015 – Santiago,
Chile. Visit:
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017
7–11 March 2017 – Las Vegas USA
Exhibit sales will open on 1 April,
2015.
Visit:
Nick Lee
EQUIPMENT