Electro Rent

Public-to-Private Transaction Active North America Industrials Equipment Rental

Leading provider of electronic test and measurement (T&M) equipment solutions

Company Overview

  • Offers rental, leasing, sales of new and used equipment, and asset management services
  • Serves blue chip customers across aerospace and defense, telecom and infotech end markets

Transaction Description

  • Acquired via public-to-private transaction in August 2016

M&A Activity

  • Acquired Microlease in January 2017
  • Acquired Intellirent in July 2018

8511 Fallbrook Avenue, Suite 200, West Hills, CA 91304 United States

www.electrorent.com/us

5.5K+

Customers

100+

Countries Served
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