Ashtead Group
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Ashtead Group plc is a British industrial equipment rental company based in Leatherhead, Surrey. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Ashtead was founded in 1947 and operates internationally, with the majority of its business coming from the United States. It operates under the name Sunbelt Rentals in the United States and the name A-Plant in the UK. It hires out large industrial items such as aerial work platforms, backhoes, excavators and forklift trucks, and smaller equipment such as power saws, ladders, and pumps. Ashtead also has a smaller, specialist division, Ashtead Technology, who specialise in renting equipment to the offshore oil and gas sectors and the on shore environmental monitoring and testing industry from 13 locations worldwide.
Ashtead's turnover for the year ended 30 April 2005 was £523.7 million.
