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United Rentals, Inc. ) is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with over 880 rental locations throughout the United States and Canada.〔(United Rentals overview at linkedin.com )〕 The company was founded in 1997 by Bradley Jacobs and seven others, and its customer base includes construction and industrial companies, utilities, municipalities, and homeowners. In addition to equipment rentals, the company offers new and used equipment sales, safety training, and 24/7 equipment service support. United Rentals is headed up by Michael J. Kneeland (President & CEO) and William B. Plummer (Executive Vice President & CFO). Total annual revenue in 2008 was $3.3 billion, including $2.5 billion in equipment rental revenue. United Rentals also holds about a 13 percent share of construction and industrial equipment rentals in North America. Having the largest fleet of rental equipment in the world, United Rentals employs more than 12,000 employees, servicing over 300 metropolitan areas, 49 states, and ten Canadian provinces. The company has five main divisions: General Rentals & Aerial, Power & HVAC, Trench Safety, Industrial Tools, and Pump Solutions. While the general rental branches are the most prolific and yielding for the company, the other divisions are increasingly a larger portion of United's revenue. ==Business operations== United Rentals operates through two business segments: General Rentals: United Rentals offers construction and industrial equipment rentals, as well as homeowner equipment and tool rentals. This also includes aerial equipment, and United Rentals offers North America’s largest rental fleet of aerial work platforms. Specialty Products (Trench Safety, Power and HVAC, Tools, Pump Solutions): This segment includes specialty equipment rentals for underground construction (plus related training services), temporary power, climate control, jobsite tool rentals and management, and pump equipment. Primary customers for this include infrastructure contractors, industrial companies, municipalities and the military. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Rentals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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