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NESCO Renames to NESCO Specialty Rentals
The name change reflects its continued commitment to providing specialized equipment to the transmission and distribution markets, as well as increased investment and growth in the specialized assets needed to support the telecom, rail, and other markets.
NESCO Rentals, a North American provider of rental and sales of specialized equipment, as well as parts, tools, and accessories, announced that it is changing its name to NESCO Specialty Rentals. According to the company, the name change reflects its continued commitment to providing specialized equipment to the transmission and distribution markets, as well as increased investment and growth in the specialized assets needed to support the telecom, rail, and other markets NESCO operates in.
"The new name – NESCO Specialty Rentals – is a reflection of our long-time primary focus, to supply and support the Specialty equipment needs of our T&D customer base. In recent years, we have added telecommunications and rail to our focus markets and broadened our Specialty equipment portfolio to match the needs of these markets," said Lee Jacobson, CEO of NESCO Specialty Rentals.
NESCO Specialty Rentals is a leading specialty equipment and service provider to the utility, transmission and distribution, rail and telecommunication industries, providing bucket trucks and other specialized aerial devices, boom trucks, cranes, digger derricks, pressure drills, stringing gear, hi-rail equipment, repair parts, tools, and accessories. NESCO maintains one of the industry’s largest specialty equipment rental fleets, parts, tools and accessories (PTA) inventories and service networks in North America.
The new name is effective immediately and will be implemented across the company's product and services throughout the calendar year 2018.
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