Hire and Rental News - November 2015

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12 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2015
INDUSTRY NEWS
New HAE chairman
The Hire Association Europe (HAE
EHA) has a new Chairman, Andy Martin,
Managing Director of Martin Plant Hire,
replacing Adrian Watts from Hirebase.
Andy leads a long established
independent plant and tool hire
business with 12 depots in Scotland.
Andy said: “I’ve been impressed at
how HAE EHA is directly supporting
members. I am determined to see a
stronger voice for independent hirers
within the association and also HAE
EHA to have better information about
the sector and what we contribute. This
will strengthen our influencing and
awareness activities.”
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Stigler comes to Baseplan with over
20 years industry experience and his skills
include software development, training,
business development and marketing.
For the past 11 years, Shane was the CIO
for Ahern Rentals, one of the largest rental
companies in North America.
“As an industry and technology expert,
Shane’s knowledge and understanding of
ERP solutions used by the rental industry
is invaluable,” Matthew Patrick, CEO,
Baseplan North America said.
“Since exhibiting at the American Rental
Association’s annual convention back
in February, Baseplan Enterprise is
Being launched to the Australian market
exclusively at ACE EXPO, Swedish
company Steelwrist, will showcase and
demonstrate its range of tiltrotators.
Steelwrist’s Stefan Stockhaus said:
“Steelwrist Tiltrotators increase an
excavator’s efficiency as much as
15–30%. The more complex the job – the
higher the productivity gain.
“There are major benefits with Steelwrist
tiltrotators for both owners and operators.
Baseplan North America announces new Chief Operating Officer
Baseplan Software has appointed Shane Stigler as the new Chief Operating
Officer for North America.
quickly becoming a sought after business
management system, so I am delighted to
be working with Shane during this time
of growth.
"Baseplan Enterprise is all about helping
customers maximise their return on
investment. Shane believes in the
company’s vision of giving clients the
power to manage their businesses more
effectively,” Matthew said.
“When I saw the Baseplan product, I
was impressed with the depth of the
functionality, ease of use, modern platform
and flexibility built into the system. I’ve
spent many years evaluating and rolling
out ERP systems and Baseplan is by far
my favorite,” Shane said.
As Chief Operating Officer, Shane will be
responsible for all aspects of Baseplan’s
operations including sales, marketing and
implementations.
“Working with clients from consultation
through to data conversion,
implementation and go-live is an
advantage provided by Baseplan and a
requirement from our clients who have
mission critical businesses that can’t
afford the disruption of being handled by
different divisions,” Matthew said.
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Swedish innovation - Australian first at ACE EXPO Victoria
With 100+ exhibitors and over 225 brands, Victoria’s biennial construction event for
the civil contracting, earthmoving and allied industries, ACE EXPO will be held at the
Melbourne Showgrounds between 12–14 November 2015.
This powerful tool allows
a bucket or any other
accessory to be tilted,
rotated and excavate
more efficiently in one
simultaneous operation.
Digging around
poles, close to house
foundations, close to
pipes etc can be done
much faster and without
moving the excavator.”
Visitors can see this
Swedish innovation in action in the
Heavy Equipment Demo Area on Stand
O15.
Reducing operating costs by avoiding
costly strikes and repairs, Civil Safety
Products will showcase its advanced
underground pipe detection system, AML
+ Series and AML Pro Series.
Civil Safety Products’ Scott Spedding
said: “Made in the USA, these ‘All Material
Locators’ are scientific instruments
that utilise modulated, ultra-high
radio frequencies to find differences in
subsurface densities. This offers the best
method for locating PVC and PE pipes
and nearly any other subsurface object
that has an edge.
“Utilising technology that was developed
for lunar exploration, the AML will locate
subsurface materials indiscriminately –
Advanced underground pipe
detection system Steelwrist Tiltrotator
plastic, metal, wood, cable or pipe. Unlike
the deficiencies of Ground Penetrating
Radar (GPR), the AML will work in clay,
wet soil, snow or even standing water.”
See Civil Safety Products on stand A53 in
the ACE Safety Zone.
With free registration, entry and parking,
ACE EXPO activities will include Green
Flag Thursday expo only specials,
Construction and Mining Equipment
Industry Group networking function and
Industry Awards on Friday, 13 November.
Free information and industry-trends
sessions on the first two days will be
available to visitors. The new Safety Zone
will be on from Thursday to Saturday,
showcasing advancements in work-safety
products and services. Every registration
has the chance to win a Samsung Tablet.
Register free at