FORT MILL , SC – February 19, 2007– Larry Green of Victoria, Texas won the NationsRent Orange County Chopper as the grand prize winner of O.C.C. Chopper Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”), which ended December 31, 2006. Larry was randomly chosen out of over 79,000 sweepstakes entries.
“We are pleased to award the chopper to Larry, on behalf of Sunbelt Rentals and the former NationsRent, said Chuck Miller, Sunbelt Rentals’ executive vice president, “we are happy with the exposure and awareness created by the promotion.” The chopper toured the United States for two years starting in January 2005 appearing at open house events, tradeshows and other promotional events. The Sweepstakes took place during the last six months of the tour, May – December 2006.
It is undetermined at this time if Sunbelt will sponsor a similar sweepstakes in the future.
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Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group plc, is the second largest equipment rental company in the U.S. 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 over 470 branches, including 100 Lowe’s locations, in 35 states and the District of Columbia. 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.
On a global scale, Ashtead Group, whose shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, now has a market capitalization of over $1 billion. Ashtead Group has a network of over 700 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 headquartered in Houston, TX, with 10 branches located in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore.