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United Rentals will host its first-ever nationwide Used Equipment Sale on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time.

Third-quarter revenue for Vancouver, B.C., Canada-based Finning, the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer, jumped 21 percent to $1.6 billion, driven by healthy demand in most of the company’s end markets. Revenue grew 27 percent in western Canada.

Leading Canadian equipment distributor Strongco Corp. posted a 10-percent total revenue increase in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, with revenues of CDN $110.2 million, compared with $108.4 million for the same period of 2012.

The new owner of small earthmoving equipment manufacturer Terraquip Construction Products, which makes Terramite machines, has plans to expand the company’s product line, increase U.S. manufacturing and grow North America sales.

Light Towers USA, a major Terex customer, has extended emergency production services and distribution coordination for critical lighting and backup power in support of the victims of Hurricane Sandy, the company said.

Leading crane manufacturer Zoomlion has appointed Global Crane Sales as the exclusive distributor for Latin America of the full line of Zoomlion cranes, including rough-terrain, crawler, truck, all-terrain, and tower cranes.

Bandit Industries announces several new dealers, serving customers in the South, Northeast and Midwest. These dealers join an already expansive Bandit North American dealer network to help meet the rapidly increasing demand for Bandit equipment and Zenith knives.

Pottstown, Pa.-based Stull Equipment Co., distributor of Dosko tree-care equipment, has expanded its distribution region to include western Pennsylvania and all of West Virginia.

Lifting Gear Hire Corp. recently assisted in a job that required moving a 25- by 50-foot, 28,000-pound model railroad from Farmington to Connellsville, Pa.

United Rentals has provided more than $25 million worth of equipment to the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, northeast region vice president Kevin Parr told RER.