| United Rentals, Inc. (United Rentals) is an equipment rental company. The Company's network consisted of 628 rental locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It offers for rent over 2,800 classes of rental equipment, including heavy machines and hand tools, to customers that include construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. As of December 31, 2008, the Company's fleet of rental equipment included over 245,000 units. In September 2008, the Company acquired U-Rent-It, Inc. In July 2009, the Company acquired the operating assets of Leasco Equipment Services, Inc., a rental company that serves the industrial sector with a focus on power generation, petroleum, chemical, and pulp and paper companies. |
