Sunbelt Rentals, our US construction and industrial equipment rental division trades exclusively in the United States and operates 429 profit centres nationwide. Sunbelt operates principally in the fast growing US non-residential construction market.
We rent a wide range of equipment from a network of profit centres clustered in major metropolitan areas from Washington DC, and Baltimore on the Atlantic Coast through Miami, Tampa and Orlando in Florida to Los Angeles and Seattle on the West Coast. Sunbelt aims to offer its customers a complete, one-stop shop service for all their rental requirements whether that be cleaning up after a major disaster such as a flood or providing accommodation units and power for a sporting event. In August 2006 we acquired NationsRent whose profit centre network has proven to be an excellent fit with our existing US operations.
The NationsRent profit centres are integrated fully into the Sunbelt network and the acquisition has made Ashtead the second largest equipment rental company in the United States and globally.
