LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND --AUGUST 2010 - With autumn just around the corner, thoughts turn to blocked drains caused by leaves and heavy rain, resulting in an increased demand for versatile and reliable equipment to undertake Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) of pipes and drains.Pipes and drains come in all...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JULY 2010 - Hired mercury analysers from instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology have helped to ensure the fast, effective safety inspection of an oil and gas platform 150 miles off the coast of Scotland.Inspection and servicing company MS Industrial Services (MSIS), bas...

HOUSTON,TX - USA - JULY 2010 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce it has been chosen as an official rental partner for a range of advanced emissions monitors from California Analytical Instruments (CAI) Inc.Under the new agreement customers will be able to rent th...

HOUSTON,TX - USA - JULY 2010 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has become heavily involved with a range of Oil Sands projects in Canada by providing access to the companyys extensive fleet of Environmental Monitoring and NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) equipment.Oil Sands reserves have o...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MAY 2010 - The latest addition to Ashtead Technology's comprehensive rental fleet of inspection crawler systems helped a drainage company undertake a week-long culvert cleaning project at a major development in Sussex.Draincare, based in Harpenden, carried out the Remote Visua...

HOUSTON,TX - USA - JUNE 2010 - Consultants and contracting engineers working on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have drawn upon the vast equipment inventory that is available from specialist instrumentation rental company Ashtead Technology.Speaking from the company's Baton Rouge facility, spokesman Ra...

HOUSTON,TX - USA --JUNE 2010 - Leading instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology announces the addition of one of the most advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems to its extensive range of Non-Destructive Testing equipment. The Handy Search, from JRC, is the fastest and easiest way to ex...

HOUSTON, TX - USA --JUNE 2010 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology announces the opening of their Corporate HQ in Houston, Texas following considerable expansion in the business over recent years.The new site doubles the size of the companyys previous base, allowing the entire corporate o...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, JUNE 2010 - With demand for integrated flexible solutions for Subsea Positioning increasing, Ashtead Technology have recently placed an order with CDL for the purchase of CDL MobIUS-R, MiniPOS3 and TOGS systems worth in excess of $1 million.Ashtead's Base Manager, Ian Harvey, com...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MAY 2010 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce the addition of the latest hydrocarbon gas detector available on the UK market to its comprehensive fleet of rental equipment.The new Gas-Tec portable gas detector from Crowcon Detection Instrume...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MAY 2010 - Instrumentation specialists Ashtead Technology came to the rescue of a client urgently in need of concrete testing equipment by providing express delivery within a matter of hours.Mark Tyler from Leicester based Morrison Construction contacted Ashtead Technology to ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - APRIL 2010 - The latest addition to instrumentation company Ashtead Technology's fleet of drainage inspection equipment recently helped a consultancy firm carry out extensive surveying work on the Isle of Wight.Buckinghamshire-based Subadra Consulting were contracted to undert...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND APRIL 2010 - With demand for multibeam echosounders on the increase, Ashtead Technology have recently invested in two new Reson SeaBat 7125 high-resolution multibeam echosounders, valued at 500,000. Over the years, Reson SeaBat systems have gained world-wide reputation for their c...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND APRIL 2010 - Ashtead Technology is pleased to announce the purchase of two PHINS 6000 subsea inertial navigation systems (INS). The systems are destined to be used by a major ROV operator for work in the UK North Sea.PHINS 6000 is a subsea INS that provides position, true heading,...

CHICAGO, IL- USA - APRIL 2010 - Leading instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce that it has been selected as the official U.S. repair center for J.U.M Engineering's Hydrocarbon Analyzers.The company's Center of Excellence for Continuous Emission Monitors (CEMs) in Chic...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND --APRIL 2010 -Visitors to Ashtead Technology's stand (R45) at Sustainability Live will be able to speak with experts from leading instrumentation manufacturers, Crowcon and RAE Systems, at this month's event.Ashtead's own team of environmental monitoring instrumentation experts ...

HOUSTON, TX- USA -MARCH 2010 - Leading instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology carries the latest and most advanced selection of Fluke thermal imagers available for rental or sale anywhere in the US.The company's thermal imager specialist Richard Gunsenhouser believes that a variety of options...

CHICAGO, IL- USA - MARCH 2010 - An advanced XRF analyzer from leading instrumentation specialist, Ashtead Technology is helping a Ferrari dealership to ensure authenticity of rare sportscars worth millions of dollars.In the latest example, a Niton XLt 898D analyzer was used by the skilled engineers ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND MARCH 2010 - Despite the current economic conditions, Ashtead Technology is continuing to prove its going commitment to the subsea market with an ongoing capital expenditure program and the introduction of ROV Tooling to its rental fleet.Ashtead has partnered with leading ROV tool...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2010 - Vibration instrumentation on hire from Ashtead Technology helped a firm of engineering contractors to ensure that remediation of contaminated land did not incur costly structural damage to nearby properties. Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 aims to...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2010 - An Andersen N6 sampler hired from Ashtead Technology has been used to analyse operating room conditions prior to the opening of a new 30Million hospital in Bath. The Andersen N6 Microbial Sampler was hired by independent healthcare organisation Circle, to prove c...

HOUSTON, TX- USA - FEBRUARY 2010 - Environmental instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is pleased to announce an arrangement with Solinst Canada Ltd. to rent and sell the firm's advanced water monitoring instrumentation, focusing primarily on the North American market.The facility to rent th...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JANUARY 2010 - An Olympus I-Speed 3 video camera hired from instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has played a key role in Sky TV's brand new series Got To Dance, by providing highly detailed footage of complex dance routines.The I-Speed 3 is commonly used in film and ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JANUARY 2010 - Rental specialists Ashtead Technology played a key role in providing the latest NDT (Non Destructive Testing) instrumentation for inspection work carried out by SGS Industrial Services during the shutdown of two of Europe's largest oil refineries.Following an ev...

TORONTO-CANADA -JANUARY 2010- A blower door unit from rental specialists Ashtead Technology is helping one of Canada's largest building consultants to measure the environmental performance of new buildings at a time when the number of new construction projects is growing in Montreal. The engineering...

HOUSTON, TX - USA - DECEMBER 2009 - Ashtead Technology has partnered with Ofil Systems to provide rental access to advanced corona discharge measurement technology which will enable utility staff and their contractors to reduce inspection time/costs while improving the early identification of potent...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND --December 2009 - As part of a strategy to manage the Swine Flu pandemic, hundreds of respiratory face masks worn by staff at hospitals and in primary care across Hertfordshire have been checked by advanced mask fit testing instrumentation hired from Ashtead Technology.The Hertf...

HOUSTON, TX - USA - DECEMBER 2009 - Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce an exclusive rental partnership with Innov-X for the advanced X-50 mobile XRF analyzer. Boasting a 10 watt, 50 kV tube, the X-50 provides high resolution and accuracy across a broad range of metals.The facility to rent t...

CHICAGO, IL- USA - DECEMBER - 2009 ->As a broad range of stakeholders debate the Environmental Protection Agency's recent proposals to amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants applicable to the Portland cement manufacturing industry, instrument rental company Ashtead Techno...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - OCTOBER 2009 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has announced two new appointments within their recently created Instrument Division. Alan Hasson has replaced James Carlyle as Manager of the company's European head office and James Carlyle has been promoted to the...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - OCTOBER 2009 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce the addition of the advanced Olympus I-Speed 3 high-speed video (HSV) camera to its comprehensive fleet of remote visual inspection (RVI) equipment.Ideal for numerous RVI applications in manu...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Following the installation of a turbine on a natural gas rig off the coast of Burma, it was necessary for Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd (SITL) to analyse emissions from the turbine and a hired Testo 350 XL emissions analyser from Ashtead Technology pro...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Portable gas analysers on an emergency hire from rental instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology have helped a consultancy firm to save a client almost half a million pounds by preventing the shutdown of an incineration plant.Environmental legislation dic...

ABERDEEN--SCOTLAND --SEPTEMBER 2009 - Ashtead Technology has become Approved Rental Agent for RSL NDT Ltd. As part of the agreement, Ashtead Technology have purchased RSL's Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) equipment hire fleet, consisting of Subsea MPI Systems, ROV FMD Systems, SCUMPI Systems, Underwat...

EDMONTON - CANADA - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Leading instrument rental company, Ashtead Technology, has announced the opening of a new satellite office in Edmonton, Alberta to help meet growing demand in the region for rental equipment used in the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Environmental Monitoring f...

INDIANAPOLIS - USA - AUGUST 2009 - Rental instrumentation specialists Ashtead Technology has announced the opening of a new Indianapolis office to further enhance the level of services to its customers across Indiana and Michigan.The facility will carry the complete range of the latest monitoring in...

CHICAGO, IL - USA - AUGUST 2009 -Leading instrument rental specialists Ashead Technology announces the opening of a new mid-west base, dedicated to Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEMs).Ashtead Technology's new technical base will focus on a comprehensive rental fleet of emissions monitoring and amb...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JULY 2009 - A hired infrared camera from Ashtead Technology improved safety and efficiency during research trials on aircraft landing gear at Cambridge Airport. A FLIR P620 ThermaCAM on a short-term hire was used by Marshall Aerospace to assess landing gear brake disc and tyre...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JULY 2009 - Instrumentation specialists Ashtead Technology will be demonstrating the very latest in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) equipment at this year's Materials Testing Exhibition, 15th-17th September in Blackpool.The company will also be explaining the benefits of hiring ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JULY 2009 - Ashtead Technology has been appointed as the exclusive rental partner for the world's top selling range of portable XRF analysers from Niton UK. The agreement will cover UK and Republic of Ireland markets.XRF analysers provide fast, non-destructive, qualitative and...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JUNE 2009 - Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has launched a flexible new scheme which spreads out the cost of buying the latest instrumentation, provides 12 months of the usual rental benefits, including technical support and minimises capital expenditure.Ashteadd...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JUNE 2009 - An advanced portable XRF (x-ray fluorescence) alloy analyser hired from Ashtead Technology enabled specialist engineering consultants to investigate and quickly pinpoint failures within a power plant’s complex pipeline network.Tetra Engineering contacted Ashtead Te...

HOUSTON - USA - JUNE 2009 - Ashtead Technology's success within the rental instrumentation market is firmly built upon four fundamentally important factors, according to Andy Holroyd, the company Senior Vice President.Firstly, we offer the best available technology from the world's leading manufactu...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - APRIL 2009 - Instrumentation specialists Ashtead Technology will be demonstrating the benefits of hiring over buying at this year’s Sustainability Live event, with a host of new environmental monitoring products on offer.The Ashtead team will have a cross section of all of its...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - APRIL 2009 - As oil prices rise and fall, house prices fall and fall and economic forecasts become ever gloomier, James Carlyle at instrumentation hire specialists Ashtead Technology, warns that cost saving initiatives should not affect the quality of testing and monitoring.On...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - APRIL 2009 - Leading instrumentation company Ashtead Technology has seen a growing demand across its fleet of thermal imaging cameras from the building inspection industry, due to the cost savings associated with energy efficiency.Ashtead’s impressive range of FLIR infrared th...

CHICAGO, IL - USA - March 20099- In line with the company's policy to deliver market leading rental instrumentation that is tested, calibrated and in perfect working condition, Ashtead Technology has developed a testing facility to ensure maximum accuracy in the Protocol gas sampling and emission mo...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2009 - Ashtead Technology, the instrument hire specialists, will provide MCERTS visitors with an overview of the latest technologies for the measurement of air quality, both in emissions and in the workplace. Experts will be on hand to explain how renting can offer signi...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2009 - Rebranding during a recession is not top of most companies’ list of priorities. However, Ashtead Technology is thriving in the current market conditions and will next month be launching a new catalogue encompassing their new brand to emphasise the company’s key ar...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JANUARY 2009 - Following the theft of their remote control inspection instrument, Capital Asset Maintenance was able to hire a replacement from Ashtead Technology with just a few hours notice. The immediate provision of an operational system meant that work could continue and ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – JANUARY 2009 - Ashtead Technology is pleased to announce that Derek Shepherd has joined the Board as a non-executive director. The appointment of Derek Shepherd brings a wealth of additional asset rental experience to the Ashtead Technology Board.  Derek is a main board director...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JANUARY 2009 - One of the first high resolution thermal imaging cameras available for hire from Ashtead Technology Rentals was used by award-winning film production company Windfall Films as part of the National Geographic Channel’s new documentary series Generals at War, to e...

WEST HOUSTON, TX -USA - November 2008 - Catherine McLain had come to Ashtead Technology Rentals in search of a thermal imager that would help her team pinpoint even the smallest intrusions of water that had seeped into buildings during hurricane Ike. The storm had devastated parts of the Houston are...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - November 2008 - An Olympus I-SPEED Camera hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals is helping a home security company develop a new invention to stop intruders breaking into buildings using the ‘lock bumping’ method. Chris Pankhurst of Lancashire based Universal Imports Limited c...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - OCTOBER 2008 - The portable and compact XL Go Videoprobe is the newest addition to Ashtead Technologys’ extensive fleet of endoscopes, boroscopes and other remote visual inspection equipment. The instrument, from GE Inspection Technologies, is already proving popular with Asht...

HOUSTON - USA - OCTOBER 2008 - On October 24 2008, Ashtead Technology Rentals celebrated its Second Annual Customer Appreciation Event, Ashteadfest, at the company’s offshore rental facility in Houston, Texas. What started out as a 10 Year Celebration Party has now turned into an annual event and a ...

HOUSTON - USA - OCTOBER 2008 - As oil prices rise, and fall, and rise again; and housing prices fall, and fall; the credit crisis continues to tighten, forcing businesses to look for more fluid options to help keep themselves afloat in these uncertain economic times. With few companies having excess...

BATON ROUGE, LA - USA - SEPTEMBER 2008 - To the loyal customers served by our Baton Rouge office: Thoughts and prayers from all of us at Ashtead Technology Rentals are with those who have been adversely affected by the devastation of hurricane Gustav over this past weekend. We share first hand in yo...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2008 - Noise levels at the world famous Notting Hill Carnival were this year monitored by four Casella CEL 360 sound level meters hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals. Hosting one of world’s largest street festivals, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Counc...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - AUGUST 2008 - The current economic climate does not seem to have affected the market for instrument hire; Ashtead Technology Rentals, reports a "boom in demand" over the last few months as oil prices rise, house prices fall and economic forecast become ever gloomier....

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - AUGUST 2008 - The production team behind award-winning author Lynda La Plante’s latest thriller approached Ashtead Technology Rentals to hire a hi-tech videoscope to portray authentic crime investigation scenes during filming.La Plante Productions hired the recently-released O...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - AUGUST 2008 - Hiring a videoscope from Ashtead Technology Rentals recently saved aircraft engineers considerable time and money during a safety inspection on a historic fighter plane.Kennet Aviation, based at North Weald Airfield in Essex, hired an Olympus IPLEX MX to examine ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JULY 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has been appointed by Crowcon Detection Instruments for rental of its latest laser methane detection instrument.The hand-held and lightweight ATEX-approved LaserMethane mini (LMm) can detect methane from 100metres and an inbuilt methane c...

ABERDEEN , SCOTLAND - JUNE 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals Ltd, a leading high-technology rental equipment supplier, is delighted to announce that its management team, with backing from Phoenix Equity Partners, have successfully acquired the business in a £95.6 million ($183.7 million) management ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JUNE 2008 - A high-tech videoscope hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped an environmental services company to significantly reduce down-time during routine health and safety checks.Veolia Environmental Services used an Olympus IPLEX MX Videoscope to survey packing mater...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JUNE 2008 - Environmental monitoring should be undertaken with the best available technology within reasonable cost constraints (i.e. BATNEEC). However, the best technology is often the most expensive, so instrument rental is increasingly the favoured option. James Carlyle, Ge...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - JUNE 2008 - The FLIR ThermaCAM P620, one of the first-ever High Definition cameras available for hire, and the Crowcon Laser Methane detector, were among the most sought after instruments at Ashtead Technology Rentals’ stand at this year’s Sustainability Live! event.The instru...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MAY 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals is delighted to announce the addition of the FLIR ThermaCAM P620, one of the first-ever High Resolution cameras available for hire, to its fleet of specialist thermal imaging equipment.The high-end instrument, produced by FLIR, the global ...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - May 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals is pleased to announce a new rental partnership with Signal to provide the Streetbox ambient air quality monitoring range of products. Designed primarily for gathering ambient gas and particulate trend information, the Streetbox is the ide...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2008 - Following a series of trials, ABB consultants have demonstrated that rented videoscopes from Ashtead Technology Rentals can save substantial amounts of money and time in the routine inspection of cooling towers.According to Health Protection Agency figures, report...

LETCHWORTH - ENGLAND - MARCH 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has experienced such a surge in demand from businesses wanting to hire advanced remote visual inspection equipment that it has spent more than £250,000 over the last year expanding its fleet.The iPEK Rovver® 125 and 225 Crawler Inspectio...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - MARCH 2008 - Ashtead Technology Rentals Ltd is delighted to announce the signing of a global rental agreement with Imagenex Technology Corporation.  Ashtead Technology has been awarded ‘Approved Rental Resource’ status for the Imagenex ‘Delta-T’ technology.'Redefining Image Clar...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - MARCH 2008 - Specialist instrumentation company Ashtead Technology Rentals will have its biggest ever stand at this year’s Sustainability Live event to ensure that potential customers can experience the vast range of equipment on offer.The Ashtead team will be at stand P15 to t...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 2008 - Ashtead Technology is delighted to announce the achievement of two major export permits from the Governments of the USA and Singapore. With the ever increasing security risks, governments are stepping up regulations to stop sensitive equipment falling into the wr...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 2008 - A growing number of test and inspection engineers using Ashtead Technology Rentals have experienced the benefits of hiring over purchasing on a range of the company’s Olympus Industrial Iplex Videoscope products. Ashtead is the official rental partner of Olympus...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 2008 - The latest thermal imaging equipment from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped play a major role in a number of assignments for Trees Project Ltd, a new company in the tree care industry.Trees Project is an off-shoot initiative of Nottingham Trent University and is ...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 2007 - A personal aerosol monitor hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals to judge the effects of the English Smokefree legislation will feature in a review of the year on BBC Breakfast News.The annual round-up will include a feature on ‘Monitoring for Compliance’, a col...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 2007 - Vibration monitoring equipment from Ashtead Technology Rentals played an important role when a famous Lancashire landmark from the Victorian era came crashing to the ground in a controlled explosion.Encia Demolition carried out the detonation of the 65 metre tal...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2007 - As a specialist provider of rental instruments, Ashtead Technology Rentals is accustomed to unusual applications for its equipment and none was more so than English Heritageeâ?s requirement to hire a remote visual inspection system to safely study the internal c...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2007 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has played a key role in assessing air quality levels in businesses around the introduction of the English Smoke-free legislation after being contacted by the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre (TCCC).The TCCC was tasked with monitor...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2007 - Advanced remote visual inspection equipment from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped one client explore a confined drainage and water storage network without having to venture underground himself, reducing the risk of injury and use of confined space personnel.Gor...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2007 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has come to the aid of Olympic chiefs preparing for next year’s Equestrian Games in Hong Kong, as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.The firm stepped in when contacted by Dr David Marlin BSc, a scientific consultant, on behalf of the In...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Friday 7th September saw the much awaited grand final of the Ashtead Technology Quaich 2007 at the Jubilee Course, St Andrews. With close scoring throughout the proceeding rounds and the tough links course lying in the path to victory, who would produce the fine...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2007 - Imagine the situation. You are standing in the power tools section of your local D.I.Y. store gazing longingly at the dazzling array of equipment with which you could transform your home into something worthy of an Ideal Homes exhibit.Your attention is caught b...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 2007. Specialist instrument hire company Ashtead Technology Rentals is expanding its fleet of environmental monitoring equipment even further. General Manager James Carlyle says, “One of the reasons for Ashtead’s rapid growth is that there is no limit to the new instr...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 2007 - Gone are the days when water quality monitoring involved rucksacks full of individual instruments and repeated trips to the water; Ashtead Technology Rentals has added the YSI 6920 multiparameter sonde to its rental fleet of water monitoring instruments.The YSI 69...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JULY 2007 - The benefits of renting are becoming widely appreciated and as a result specialist instrumentation company Ashtead Technology Rentals has seen its business grow tenfold in the last two years and the company says inspection and testing within the aviation sector has ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - JULY 2007 - Inverurie Golf Club was the venue for the 2nd round of this years quaich. With an impressive 35 golfers and Subsea7 leading the way, there was everything to play for. The scores were generally a bit worse than Banchory, I’m sure due to the wind, however the testing c...

TOTNES, ENGLAND - JULY 2007 - Valeport is pleased to announce that Ashtead Technology Rentals, one of the world’s leading equipment rental companies, has invested in excess of £250,000 across a broad range of Valeport products.A large proportion of the investment included Sound Velocity Probes and s...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JUNE 2007 - In accordance with the company’s aim to supply the best available technology for hire, Ashtead Technology Rentals has added the Rovver® 225 to its rental fleet of pipeline inspection equipment. The 225 is the big brother of the smaller Rovver® 125, however, both uni...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JUNE 2007 - A company in Abingdon, Oxfordshire is using hired infra-red cameras from Ashtead Technology Rentals to study the effects of lightning on the exterior panels of aircraft fuel tanks.Philip Leichauer, a research scientist at Culham Lightning who is running the trials, ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - MAY 2007 - The annual Ashtead Technology Quaich golf tournament got off to a flying start earlier this month at Banchory Golf Club.  With the new season and everything to play for, there was tense competition and high expectations as the 35 golfers arrived.  After the soup and s...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - MAY 2007. Commenting on the enormous number of visitors to the Ashtead Technology Rentals stand at Sustainability Live! in early May, General Manager, James Carlyle, says “The level of interest in rental instruments was so high that we had to bring in extra staff to cope with d...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND--MARCH 2007-- Ashtead Technology Rentals held an Industrial Open Day last Friday. It proved to be a successful day with exhibits by suppliers Olympus, Olympus NDT, TSC, and Flir. Ashtead had some Pearpoint equipment on show as well as some of their own kit such as the Underwater E...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - APRIL 2007 - The benefits of renting are becoming widely appreciated and as a result specialist instrumentation company Ashtead Technology Rentals has seen its business grow tenfold in the last two years.Ashtead General Manager James Carlyle says “Whilst our stand (K45) will be...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - APRIL 2007 - Following a series of trials, ABB consultants have demonstrated that rented videoscopes from Ashtead Technology Rentals can save substantial amounts of money and time in the routine inspection of cooling towers.According to Health Protection Agency figures, reporte...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - APRIL 2007 - The Ashtead stand at MCERTS 2007 (No 14) will feature some of the company’s most popular portable products for gas detection and monitoring, including the Horiba PG250 for NOx, SO2, CO, CO2, and O2, and the Bernath heated FID for VOCs. Both of these instruments are...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND--MARCH 2007-- The Ashtead annual Clay Pigeon Shoot took place on Saturday 3rd March. The weather could not have been any kinder to us; a glorious sunny day, unlike last year! Over 20 competitors arrived at the spectacular Pittodrie House Hotel to enjoy a bacon roll and coffee befo...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 2007 - Sophisticated gas monitoring instruments, with the ability to monitor dozens of parameters, are expensive to purchase. However, Ashtead Technology Rentals has invested in the Thermo Electron MIRAN SapphIRe XL Ambient Air Analyser (formerly Foxboro 100E) so that ...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 2007 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has been awarded ISO 9001 certification and General Manager James Carlyle says “This is not simply a paperwork activity – it is a public declaration that we are committed to achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction, so this...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 2007 - Ashtead Technology Rentals reports a rapid rise in rentals of their portable contaminated land assessment instruments following a recent amendment to Environment Agency policy. The qualification requirements for chemical test data on contaminated soils now acknow...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 2006 - CDL recently announced the sale of the 100th Ring Laser Gyro system.RLG’s have been fitted to the MiniRLG and MiniPOS range of products which have been sold worldwide for the past 5 years. CDL’s RLG systems are now sold to a diversified client base on 4 continent...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2006 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has announced an investment of over £500k in health and safety instruments for hire. Ashtead’s James Carlyle says “Everybody’s instrument storeroom just got bigger – there is no need for companies to buy new equipment, because we alrea...

LETCHWORTH, ASHTEAD - OCTOBER 2006 - A hired high-speed camera from Ashtead Technology Rentals has provided a manufacturer of can-making equipment with hitherto unattainable access to machine performance information.CarnaudMetalbox Engineering manufactures can-making equipment in Yorkshire, Worceste...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 2006 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has announced the launch of a new web site www.ashtead-technology.com offering easy access to hundreds of instruments for environmental monitoring, remote visual inspection and non-destructive testing.The Ashtead web site has always b...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 2006 - Ashtead Technology Rentals has announced an investment of over £400K in gas detection and emission monitoring instruments for hire. Ashtead’s James Carlyle says “We have invested heavily in the latest technologies so that those customers needing portable or sem...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND--SEPTEMBER 2006-- Friday (15th September) saw the Grand Final of the 2006 Ashtead Technology Quaich. With grey skies in Aberdeen we feared a wet day was to come however the conditions at St Andrews could not have been better, blue skies and no wind, ……I wish I could say the same a...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND – AUGUST 2006--Following massive investment in new technologies, Ashtead Technology Rentals claims to offer for hire the UK’s largest range of the latest equipment for visual inspection.General Manager James Carlyle believes that Ashtead is able to provide instrumentation for alm...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND – July 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals established a new facility in Hertfordshire during May 2004, but such has been the growth in the company’s instrument hire business that new larger premises have become necessary. The company moved to a new facility in Letchworth on June 2...

LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND – July 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals has added Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to its ever-widening fleet of rental instruments. General Manager James Carlyle says “GPR instruments are well suited to the rental option for a number of reasons. Firstly, they are expensive to pur...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – June 2006-- Bridgeway Consulting, a specialist railway engineering services company, was contracted by Mouchel Parkman to inspect the historic Conwy railway bridge and following a detailed examination reported that the structure is in remarkably good condition.Constructed in 1848,...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – June 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals has supplied two explosion proof remote control crawler cameras to help inspect drains, pipes and ducting at the Buncefield site near Hemel Hempstead.Buncefield has been the subject of an intensive investigation since the devastating events o...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – June 2006-- The second round of the Ashtead 2006 Quaich was played in very favourable conditions at Portlethen Golf Club on the 16th June.  Apart from a very brief light shower the conditions were warm with only a light breeze.  Certainly there were a few pairs of legs on view a...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – May 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals has announced the publication of a new catalogue tailored to meet the needs of the rapidly growing instrument hire market. Ashtead’s James Carlyle says that the catalogue is “designed in line with the company’s focus on customer support,” addi...

ABERDEEN , SCOTLAND – May 2006-- Friday (12th March) saw the first round of the Ashtead Technology Quaich 2006. With the bucketing rain and chilly wind on the drive to Inchmarlo we feared the worst, but lo and behold it dried up just in time.33 golfers and the start of the new year, meant competitio...

RADNOR, PA – March 06, 2006 -- Airgas, Inc., (NYSE: ARG), the largest U.S. distributor of specialty gases and equipment, has announced that it will supply EPA Protocols and other emission monitoring gases to Ashtead Technology Rentals, the industry leader in instrument rental for environmental monit...

HOUSTON, TX – March 1, 2005 -- Ashtead Technology is pleased to announce a significant purchase of acoustic doppler products from RD Instruments.  The underwater equipment purchased from RDI includes (7) acoustic Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL's) and (2) 6000m depth rated 300 kHz Workhorse Sentinel Acou...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – MARCH 2006-- On a 'drookit' Saturday morning, twenty-one competitors from seven companies gathered at Pittodrie House Hotel to compete in Ashtead Technology's Annual Clay Pigeon Team Challenge and claim the title of 'Top Gun'.Overcoming a combination of the foul weather, challen...

SINGAPORE – March 2006-- Ashtead Technology (S.E.A) are the first company in the World to take delivery of the new Sonardyne 8070 and 8071 Wideband Sub-Mini's.The brand new Types 8070 and 8071 Wideband Sub-Mini (WSM) Transponders incorporating Sonardyne's new Wideband Technology are now available to...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – March 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals General Manager, James Carlyle reports record breaking levels of business over the last few months and he is “looking forward to another very busy event at ET 2006.”Looking back to last year’s event, James says, “we were very pleased with th...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – February 2006-- One of the world’s leading rental specialists, Ashtead Technology, is demonstrating its commitment to the market by substantially increasing its fleet of ultrasonic flaw detectors. A result of increased demand from their customers, this is only one in a string of h...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – MARCH 2006-- After the usual excitement, highs and lows of the Ashtead Quaich last year, preparations are now well under way for this years competition.The events of this year will take the usual format of 3 rounds over the summer, followed by the grand final in September.  With...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – February 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals, one of the world’s leading rental companies, have placed an order worth in excess of £300K with Tritech International. This order is the latest in a number of high profile purchases for Offshore Equipment in recent months and demonstra...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – January 2006-- Repairs and reinforcement work costing in excess of £200k has been specified following remote visual inspection of the walls at Holy Trinity Church in the village of Penn Street, Buckinghamshire. Architect Anthony Mealing says that the creation of work specification...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – January 2006-- Ashtead Technology Rentals will launch a major new instrument rental initiative at the Irish Water Waste & Environment exhibition on the 8th and 9th March 2006. General Manager James Carlyle says “There is a strong demand for rentable instrumentation in Ireland ...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – November 2005-- In Malaysia, the BBC team traveled to an area North of Kuala Lumpur in order to film Trapdoor Spiders. The Malaysian Trapdoor Spider is not actually a true spider, but a liphistid spider because it still retains a segmented abdomen. However, whilst it has evolved v...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – November 2005-- They say that there is no such thing as a free lunch, but visitors to the Public Sector Exhibitions (PSE Water Sewerage and Waste) enjoy just that, with the additional benefit of an opportunity to see some of the latest technology available for rent from Ashtead Te...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – November 2005-- In an attempt to create a clearer picture of what life was like in Roman Britain, Channel 4’s Time Team chose ten sites with which to illustrate different aspects of Roman life.  Live programmes were broadcast during the first week of July from each of the sites, i...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – November 2005-- Ashtead Technology Rentals (UK) and Gutermann (Switzerland) are delighted to announce the signing of a new rental partnership agreement for leak detection equipment.  Under the agreement, Ashtead Technology Rentals, part of one of the world’s largest rental groups,...

HOUSTON, TX – October 31, 2005 -- Ashtead Technology Rentals is pleased to announce the latest version of the Industrial Instrument Rentals Guide for North and South America. The new version includes the latest equipment available to rent, helpful libraries and two indexes to help find the exact pie...

SAN DIEGO, CA – October 27, 2005 --Teledyne RD Instruments is pleased to announce a major purchase of acoustic Doppler products by Ashtead Technology Rentals.  This represents Ashtead’s second major Teledyne RDI product purchase in 2005.  Ashtead Technology is the leading equipment rental company wi...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – September 8, 2005 -- World leading offshore equipment rental company, Ashtead Technology Rentals, has increased their commitment to Sonardyne’s acoustic Wideband Technology to over $9 million dollars. Over 200 wideband enabled Compatt 5 subsea transponders and a large inventory ...

HOUSTON, TX – September 2005 -- Slated to open October 17, 2005, Ashtead Technology Rentals is pleased to announce its latest location in Elk Grove Village (Chicago), Illinois, serving all of Illinois and eight of the surrounding states: Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dak...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – September 2005-- Nearly everything gets hot before it fails, and for this reason infrared cameras are commonly employed to assess the condition of equipment ranging from conveyor belts to supersonic jet engines. However, whilst many of the cameras available for rent from Ashtead T...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – September 29, 2005-- Ashtead Technology Rentals and RAE Systems are delighted to announce the signing of a new partnership agreement in the UK. Under the Agreement, Ashtead Technology Rentals, part of one of the world’s largest rental groups, will become RAE’s preferred rental par...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – September 2005-- What goes around comes around, and the third round of the Ashtead Technology Golf Tournament was no exception. The Sonsub pairing of Gary Duncan and Mark McInnes scored well to regain first place on the score board and overall lead from Subsea 7's Sandy Stables ...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – August 2005-- Ashtead Technology Rentals have recently expanded their fleet of pipeline crawlers to include the highly popular RovverÒ 600. Ashtead decided to add the RovverÒ to the range because, as James Carlyle comments “Our customers dictate the equipment that we offer, and th...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – July 2005-- Ashtead Technology Rentals General Manager, James Carlyle reports a high level of enquiries at June’s Environmental Technology (ET) event at the NEC. Looking back, James says, “ we were very pleased with the number of enquiries that we received for our rental instrumen...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – June 2005-- The first round of the infamous annual Ashtead Technology Golf Tournament took place on 13th May at Banchory Golf Club.Thankfully the weather was on our side, and a fun-filled day of glorious sunshine was had by all.  Thirteen teams have taken up the challenge this y...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – June 2005-- Ashtead Technology, a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest equipment rental  groups, continues to invest in new instruments.In order to meet the growing need for accurate VOC measurements across a variety of applications, Ashtead Technology Rentals has invested in ...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – June 2005-- The demand to meet ever-higher standards in cleanroom quality control creates a need for cleanroom operators to have access to the latest, most accurate equipment.  According to Ashtead’s James Carlyle, “Customers in the cleanroom sector demand the highest quality and ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – June 2005-- Subsea7’s Kenny Anderson and Sandy Stables fought off close competition to top the team leader board in the second round of the Ashtead Technology Golf Tournament with only a four point lead.However, Fugro’s Doug Graham took the winner’s laurels in individual competi...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – April 2005-- Most of us buy equipment when we need it, however, how many of us stop to consider the renting alternative? James Carlyle from Ashtead Technology Rentals, a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest rental groups, examines the case for renting.“The Ashtead Group plc, f...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – May 2005 -- One of the world’s leading offshore rental companies, Aberdeen headquartered Ashtead Technology Ltd, (Ashtead) has demonstrated its confidence in an upturn in global offshore activity by placing an order worth £1.12 million (US$ 2 million) with VT TSS Ltd. The order ...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – February 2005-- Faced with the challenge of inspecting the internal condition of 138 box girder beams with no man access, Capita Symonds contracted Aperio, specialists in non-destructive investigations, to recommend, trial and implement an appropriate investigation technique. As a...

HITCHIN, ENGLAND – December 2004-- James Carlyle has been appointed General Manager of Ashtead Technology’s new offices in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Ashtead Technology is a member of Ashtead Group – one of the largest equipment rental companies in the world.Ashtead Technology specialise in the rental ...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – November 2004--The latest technology in high speed cameras is now available for rent Olympus ‘i-Speed’ system can record at up to 33,000 frames per second providing detailed information on fast processes Rental service offers low cost option for high value equipmentEquipment ren...

HOUSTON, TX – October 1, 2004-- Ashtead Technology Rentals is pleased to announce opening of its latest location in Atlanta, Georgia. The new store opened on October 1, 2004 and will provide customer support to Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.  Ashtead Technol...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – November 2004-- Innov-X provides fast easy metals analysis on-site Ashtead Technology appointed exclusive hire partner for handheld analyser Innov-X produces analytical grade results compliant with EPA Method 6200 Ashtead Technology have an exclusive arrangement to offer for ren...

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND – May 2004-- Ashtead Technology Rentals are pleased to announce we have recently signed an international  trading agreement with Olympus Industrial, to become their official "Rental Partner" for Remote Visual Inspection equipment. Olympus Industrial are a world leader in...