CHARLOTTE, NC – March 14, 2006 – George Rubel of Toledo, Ohio won $10,000 as the grand prize winner in The Sunbelt Rentals “Rent. Fix. Build.” Project Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”), which ended February 27, 2006. George was randomly chosen out of over 380,000 sweepstakes entries.
“ Sunbelt is thrilled to provide George with this cash prize and we hope it will allow him to complete his own home makeover,” said Chuck Miller, Sunbelt Rentals’ executive vice president. “A common misconception is some think we service only large contractors with large equipment, but that is not all we provide. Our goal through this sweepstakes was to encourage all types of homeowners, ‘weekend-warriors’ and smaller contractors to consider Sunbelt for their equipment needs. We are very pleased with the success of this program and look forward to hosting another sweepstakes soon.”
Just for entering, Sunbelt gave away free gardening or leather-palm work gloves. In addition, each week Sunbelt gave away 10 collectible die cast equipment models, for a total of 240 weekly winners.
Sunbelt is looking into sponsoring a similar sweepstakes in the future.
Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group plc, is the fourth largest equipment rental company in the U.S. as listed by the Rental Equipment Register. Sunbelt is based in Charlotte, N.C., and provides equipment rental solutions for the industrial, construction, and municipal markets, plus the DIY markets, from its network of 208 branches in 27 states. Its extensive equipment fleet includes a wide range of general construction and industrial equipment, and is further broadened by specialty businesses serving the Pump, Power, Trench Shoring and Scaffold markets. For more information, visit www.sunbeltrentals.com.
On a global scale, Ashtead Group, whose shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, now has revenues approaching $1billion and a network of over 400 locations among three equipment rental subsidiaries: A-Plant, the third largest equipment rental company in the UK with 200 locations; Sunbelt Rentals; and Ashtead Technology, an international offshore and nondestructive testing equipment rental company with 10 branches located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
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