Hire and Rental News - November 2017

Founded in 2004, Makinex offers a range of innovative products which have been recognised by the award. The Optus My Business Awards cover 28 categories and acknowledge best practice within a particular industry sector, as well as individual business leaders, excellence in customer service and achievements in innovation, corporate social responsibility and workplace culture. Makinex shortlisted for award innovation Makinex Construction Products has been shortlisted as a finalist to win the awards in the Innovator of the Year category at the 2017 Optus My Business Awards. Winners from all categories will be automatically shortlisted for the highly coveted Business of the Year Award. Adam Zuchetti, editor of My Business, said: “Determining this year’s finalists was no easy feat, with our selection panel working through an outstanding calibre of entries and the highest submission rate for the awards to date." The winners will be announced on 10 November at The Westin Sydney. The award is the first of its kind and will be an annual event, signifying the importance of the hire and rental industry to Australian Pump Industries. “We began working with Kennards Hire over 20 years ago, when we first started in the production of high pressure water blasters,”Aussie Pumps’ Operations Manager, Hamish Lorenz said. “Andy Kennard personally gave us the benefit of his advice and his moral support led to the development of our complete high pressure cleaner range. This now includes the internationally accepted Scud series,” he said. “When the company first started building Kennards Hire named Aussie Pump’s ‘Hire Company of the Year’ For the year ending 30 June 2017, Kennards Hire has been recognised as Aussie Pumps’ Hire Company of The Year. machines for Kennards Hire, the requirement was for models that would suit a rigorous life in the rental industry. That meant heavy-duty construction, slow speed pumps with gearbox drives and performance that perfectly matched the capability of the drive unit. The result was a handful of specific models suited to everything from the DIY hirer to the professional tradesman, contractor or builder,” Hamish said. The company now produces a wide range of trash pumps from 2” through INDUSTRY NEWS Andy Kennard (centre right) and Bill Whitehouse (centre left) from Kennards Hire with Aussie Pumps' Managing Director Warwick Lorenz (left) and Hamish Lorenz (right) GCS Hire is one of Western Australia’s leading plant and equipment hire companies, and the acquisition is complementary to Onsite from a customer and a fleet perspective. GCS customers will continue to be well supported while any surplus fleet will be redeployed to the east coast to support Onsite’s growth in this market which has been underpinned by the resurgence in investment in infrastructure projects. Mike Foureur, CEO of Onsite, said: “The acquisition of GCS Hire is transformative Onsite positioned for growth with WA hire company acquisition Onsite Rental Group has acquired Western Australian equipment hire business GCS Hire, the equipment hire division of Global Construction Services Limited (GCS). for our business, significantly broadening our customer base and enhancing our asset profile giving us considerable flexibility to better serve our customers from our national platform. “This follows the recapitalisation of Onsite announced in September, which enables us to further invest in our fleet, provide an expanded suite of products to service customers’ needs and to pursue growth opportunities,” Mike said. “There are strong synergies between the two businesses. GCS Hire’s customer base is complementary to Onsite’s and its fleet is closely aligned to Onsite’s. This provides us with enhanced capabilities in terms of fleet to bid on contracts with our strong national footprint. It also bolsters the depth and strength of our fleet to be redeployed into the significant demand being seen in the east coast and other markets,” he said. The acquisition is subject to a number of completion conditions and is expected to be complete by the end of December. Visit: www.onsite.com.au to 6” in both petrol and diesel drive configurations. Visit: www.aussiepumps.com.au 10 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2017 HRIA Preferred Training Provider HRIA has appointed Strategic Alignment Training (SAT) as its preferred training provider. SAT can source relevant, targeted training for the hire industry, and facilitate State and Federal funding to cover the costs of this training. SAT has been working with some HRIA members since 2010 and understands the needs of the hire industry. Contact the dedicated HRIA Business Development Manager, Stephanie Hiskins on: 0488 777 278 or email Stephanie: steph@sa-training.com.au