Apeldoorn, 31 May 2010 – Bredenoord Generators has been declared ‘European rental company of the year (category: under 10 depots)’. The European Rental Award is an initiative of the association for equipment rental, the European Rental Association to which 4700 rental companies have been affiliated. Bredenoord received the award for its excellent management and its innovative initiatives.

The jury for the awards, consisting of five leaders of international organisations and companies, called Bredenoord a “top quality and innovative company, very well run and very well respected”. The recent technological Bredenoord innovations were highly appreciated by the jury. Last year the company introduced the Purity, a generator running on fuel cells and hydrogen, with hardly any harmful emission. In addition, the company also developed a self cleaning soot filter, the Clear Air, that reduces the soot emission of diesel generators by 99,9%. The decisive element for the jury was the fact that Bredenoord, in spite of these innovative activities, did not neglect its core business, i.e. the rental of generators, but actually improved and expanded it.

Ready for the future

Peter Garritsen, the Bredenoord Manager Rental is proud of the award: “Rental of mobile power supplies, is our company’s core business. A real family-owned company, in which we all work hard for our customers. This, in combination with our passion for technology, has brought us to where we are today. For us, this award is a confirmation that we are on the right track, and a stimulation for us to continue doing so and creating mobile power supplies that are ready for a sustainable future. Making sure that our customers shall always have the guarantee of energy available!”

New developments

At the moment Bredenoord is elaborating on the application of hydrogen in generators using fuel cells. In a consortium the Apeldoorn-located company already introduced the Uniflex project. Recently Bredenoord also introduced the Clear Concept. This concept consists of the Clear Air self cleaning soot filter in combination with synthetic gas to liquid diesel oil (GTL diesel). GTL diesel oil is generally considered to be an important step forward in the preservation of fuel.

About Bredenoord

Bredenoord is family concern that has been one of the market leaders in temporary (emergency) power supplies for the last 70 years. Bredenoord is the largest professional rental company of generators in the Netherlands and also has offices in Germany and Denmark. The company rents over 2000 generators in Europe and develops innovative tailor-made solutions for its customers, such as biogas driven CHP generators.

Picture: Bredenoord’s Peter Garritsen (Manager Rental) and Paul Schurink (Manager International Projects & Business Development) receive the European Rental Award.

Please note that the awards are jointly run by International Rental News (IRN) and the European Rental Association (ERA).