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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2015
HIRE INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Two winners take top honours at the 2015
Hire Industry Excellence Awards
For the first time in the history of the Hire
Industry Excellence Awards, two winners
took home top honours at this year’s
awards presentation.
Recognised for their outstanding
achievement and industry excellence
in front of 300 industry peers at the
awards night on Thursday, 30 April,
Access Group and Prime Rentals were
both acknowledged for their overall
business operation and expertise as Rental
Company of the Year.
This year Hire Industry Excellence Awards
winners included (listed alphabetically):
Rental Company of the Year
Access Group Australia
Prime Rentals
Rental Company of the Year (under
$5m)
– Uphire
Rental Company of the Year
–
Events
Division
– Excel Events;
Supplier of the Year
– Hiretech
Supplier of the Year – Access Division
– Genie Industries
Best New Product
– Baytex Earth
Anchors
Best Exhibition Stand
–
Indoor
–
Wacker Neuson
Best Exhibition Stand – Outdoor
–
Genie Industries
“Nominees are assessed by the judges
across almost 50 criteria ranging from
presentation, to systems and procedures,
OHS compliance, community involvement
and customer testimonials," James
Oxenham, HRIA CEO said.
“Finalists all say they increased their
business and saw increased respect
from their existing customer base for
their achievement. Just by completing a
presentation, you have the opportunity to
investigate and analyse your company’s
Key Performance Indicators,” James said.
“Entering the awards is comparative to
an industry benchmarking program; it is a
comparison between entrant businesses
and provides excellent feedback.”
Finalists are selected in each of the
Rental Company of the Year categories,
shortlisting the competition to highlight
outstanding industry achievement. This
year finalists included:
FINALISTS – Rental Company of the
Year – Events
Excel Events
Renniks Events
Wow Structures
Your Event Solutions
FINALISTS – Rental Company of the
Year (under $5M)
All Lift Forklifts
Allwell Hire
Baxter Hire
City Hire
Complete Hire Equipment
Cowra Hire
Uphire
FINALISTS – Rental Company of
the Year
Access Group Australia
Classic Hire
Preston Group
Prime Rentals
Top End Access
Rental Company of the Year
–
Access Group Australia
Rental Company of the Year – Prime Rentals
Rental Company of the Year
(under $5m)
– Uphire
Rental Company of the Year
–
Events Division
– Excel Events
Supplier of the Year
– Hiretech
Supplier of the Year
–
Access
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Best Exhibition
Stand
–
Outdoor
–
Genie Industries
Best New Product
– Baytex Earth Anchors
Best Exhibition Stand –
Indoor
– Wacker Neuson
FINALISTS
–
Rental Company of the Year:
Access Group
Australia; Classic Hire; Preston Group; Prime Rentals;
Top End Access
FINALISTS - Rental Company of the Year
–
Events:
Excel Events; Renniks Events;
Wow Structures; Your Event Solutions