Conplant wins Hire Company of the Year

A family-owned hire equipment supplier with a 60-year history has been named Hire Company of the Year in the General Hire (over $10M turnover category) at the Hire and Rental Industry Association’s annual awards.

Conplant’s win was announced at this year’s Hire Industry Excellence Awards at HIRE22 in Adelaide. Managing director, Ian Coleman, accepted the award at the Gala Dinner on May 26th in front of an audience of 400 fellow HRIA members.

“The Hire and Rental Industry Association is the official industry association for hire and rental companies in Australia, basically the ‘who’s who’ of our industry,” said Ian. “It’s a huge honour to be top of the crop, and a credit to the other nominees, who have helped our industry take some great strides forward over the past few years.” “This award is the culmination of 60 years of great customer service and strong culture that’s still entrenched in Conplant today. We’ve always looked to the future, and invested in technology, safety, and the environment with innovations like our ROPS2 rollover preventative system, remote and manned rollers, intelligent collision avoidance technology and combining US EPA Tier 4 final equipment into our hire fleet. “And even though we’ve been going 60 years, there’s no sign of stopping — we’re better than ever and looking

The Conplant team at the HIRE22 Gala Dinner (top); Ian Coleman accepts the award from HRIA President, Mark Burton (right). forward to an exciting 2022.” A family achievement, Conplant is Australia’s largest privately owned compaction hire specialist and has been operating since 1961. The second-generation business began as a suburban Sydney company hiring a handful of one-tonne rollers to plumbers and home builders. Conplant now has 10 locations in five states employing more than 100 staff, and a hire fleet of more than a thousand rollers that have been hired for construction jobs from airports to zoos, and almost everything in between. Conplant was a finalist for Hire Company of the Year, General Division, in 2021.

In the Hire Company of the Year category for up to $10 million turnover, the HRIA judges voted GE Rentals as the winner. The prestigious Hire Industry Excellence Awards are a showcase of HRIA member companies that provide outstanding service in all categories of the hire and rental market. The Hire Company of the Year Award recognises business that have consistently exceeded expectations across a range of criteria including customer service, safety, and performance.