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events, including the VE-Day commemorations and major music festivals. For the Rugby World Cup, we provided a variety of our equipment, as well as portable toilets, lighting and generators, to more than 50 venues that were used for tournament matches and training.”


Hire Station, exhibiting for the first time, promoted various tools and equipment targeted at event contractors, from hydraulic power packs and cordless tools, to lifting products such as telescopic handlers and fork lifts that are now available from 19 dedicated locations. Also on display was a new 6kVA PowerBank Hybrid Gen generator from MHM, which the hirer is currently evaluating. “It consumes only 10 litres of diesel per hour, instead of the 24 litres a standard unit would typically


Hire Station showed a new MHM 6kVA hybrid generator.


use, giving economic and environmental benefits,” said Business Development Manager, Steve Nixon. “It also incorporates modern lightweight Lithium-ion batteries. The machine is silent in hybrid mode and is suitable for powering equipment in catering areas and other event applications.”


Indeed, power generation equipment is obviously a key market requirement, and Lincolnshire-based Flying Hire was amongst several specialist hirers exhibiting. “In August, we supplied 115 sizeable projects throughout the country, one of which required more than 100 machines,” Sales Manager Duncan Ellison told EHN. “We are forging strategic partnerships with event organisers, caterers and other specialists, and next year is looking phenomenal. We offer a 24-hour service, with staff always on stand-by, and we put a two-shift


Kenton Hughes’ fleet comprises mainly Himoinsa machines.


system in place in the summer. It is all about making yourself accessible to the customer. We are fastidious about the machines, most of which are from Himoinsa and Inmesol, and we polish them before they go on hire. We also offer JCB and SMC lighting towers.”


Stuart Power, which has depots in Norwich, Hull and Redditch, and is an FG Wilson dealer, has a fleet of more than 600 generators from 20-2000kVA, as well as Generac lighting towers and Firefly hybrid machines, which are supplied to the events, construction, utilities and telecommunications markets. Director Russell Tregent says the company aims to open a fourth depot in the south of England within the next 18 months.


Also exhibiting was Kenton Hughes, which is based in Kington, Herefordshire, and offers chiefly Himoinsa machines ranging from 10-110kVA. Director Kenton Hughes says demand is growing strongly from organisers of smaller local events and private functions within a 60-mile radius.


Normanton-based Generator Power showed a selection of machines from its predominantly Atlas Copco generator fleet, but it also focused attention on the ground protection products offered by sister company, Trackway Solutions, made to its


Trackway Solutions offers a variety of ground protection products.


Stuart Group now has 600 generators in its fleet. 36


own design. The range includes aluminium trackways, temporary roads and matting. A particular area of growth is in providing and installing access ways at wind farms and renewable energy installations, which shows that the breadth of the market extends well beyond the events industry.





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