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Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers is a chain of franchise and company-owned automotive service centers headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.As of March 2018 there were 175 locations in 20 states in the eastern United States.The company is owned by the Tuffy Associates Corporation until 2021 when Mavis Tire, Inc. purchased the franchise. [1]
Herc Rentals is an equipment rental company, owned by Herc Holdings. It was formerly a subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation before being spun-off as a separate company in 2016. The company provides rentals of heavy equipment , [ 3 ] tools, power generators and pumps, [ 4 ] as well as sales of used equipment.
Rent-a-Wreck is an American car rental company that rents vehicles that have been previously owned by individuals or other car rental companies. The company operates primarily in neighborhood locations, often connected to or in close proximity to repair facilities, car dealerships or other automotive related services.
United Rentals, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, with about 16 percent of the North American market share as of 2022. [4] It owns the largest rental fleet in the world with approximately 4,700 classes of equipment totaling about $19.3 billion in original equipment cost (OEC) as of 2022. [5]
Equipment rental was first developed in Anglo-Saxon countries. It emerged in the UK after the First World War and has now become a multi-billion euro business providing a wide range of construction and industrial equipment for customers globally.The American Rental Association was founded as early as 1955, [1] and the first waves of consolidation took place in the 1970s in North America ...
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Service King was founded by Eddie Lenox in 1976. Its first location was in Dallas. [2] In 2009, the then-independently owned Service King bought the three-location D&D Collision chain in the Houston area. [3] In 2012, The Carlyle Group purchased a majority stake in Service King. [4] Around that time, it expanded into Arizona. [5]
The auto mechanic has a physically demanding job, often exposed to loud noises, [8] equipment, slippery surfaces, vehicle parts, tools, falling objects, fires, explosions, and more. [9] Musculoskeletal disorders are common for mechanics [ 10 ] because of the manual handling [ 11 ] and awkward positions required for the occupation.