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ARA Advocates Vigorous Economic Stimulus Package

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CEG - The American Rental Association (ARA) is advocating an economic stimulus package that provides tax relief that spurs investment in the rental industry along with significant spending on infrastructure that will help lift the declining equipment rental industry. More than 4,000 equipment rental bu...

ARA Enshrines Three New Members Into Its Hall of Fame

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CEG - Three rental leaders that span the 50-plus years of the industry were announced by the American Rental Association as the newest inductees for the Rental Hall of Fame. The late Thomas “Mitch” Hoxie, Bradley Jacobs and the late Hal Plugge Jr. will be formally inducted during a ceremony...

ARA Foundation Awards $34,000 in College Scholarships for 2008-2009

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CEG - Twenty students planning futures in the equipment rental industry were awarded a total of $34,000 in scholarships from the ARA Foundation for 2008/2009. The scholarships range from $1,000 to $3,000 each, for recipients who are attending technical/vocational schools, community colleges, undergradu...

ARA Hands Out Special Service Award at The Rental Show

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CEG - The American Rental Association (ARA) presented awards to Joe Jabbour, Dean Eklund and J. Barry Ghiglione at The Rental Show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 11.Jabbour, a sales manager of Doosan Infracore Portable Power, formerly Ingersoll Rand, received a Sp...

ARA Sponsors Team at Challenge in Vegas

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CEG - When the Construction Challenge takes place next year, the American Rental Association (ARA) will be there cheering on high school students and raising awareness of the rental industry. The ARA is sponsoring a team in the Construction Challenge, a joint endeavor of the Association of Equip...

ARA Foundation Awards 15 Scholarships Totaling $26.5K

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CEG - Fifteen students — each pursuing a career in the equipment rental industry — from throughout the United States have been awarded a total of $26,500 in academic scholarships from the American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation.One student was awarded a $2,500 scholarship, while...

ARA Moves 2007 Rental Show From New Orleans to Atlanta

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CEG - The Rental Show, one of the world’s largest rental equipment trade shows, is changing its 2007 venue from New Orleans to Atlanta. The new dates for the show are Feb. 7 to 10, 2007, at the Georgia World Congress Center. Following extensive deliberation at a special meeting via confere...

Crews Count Down to Wrap Up of AR’s Clinton Library

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK (AP) For a brief moment while it went from 100 to 99, the sign atop the Clinton Presidential Library read “00 days to open,” and city and library officials had a vision of a glorious future. But for the man whose idea it was to put up the sign and tell millions of p...

ARA’s 2004 Rental Show Draws Record Attendance, Sales at Georgia World Congress Center in Atla

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CEG - From Feb. 26 to 29, rental delegates converged on the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta for the largest rental trade show in the world. The 48th annual American Rental Association (ARA) Rental Show featured more than 735 exhibitors –– 150 for the first time ––...

House Speaker Hastert Meets With ARA Reps

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CEG - U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., held a private meeting with representatives from the American Rental Association (ARA) in Moline, IL., on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to discuss legislative issues important to the rental industry. Hastert is the third highest elected official in the United...