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Cramo acquires Swedish KraftX AB and Boels expands the lighting tower offering in the UK with the acquisition of Illumin8 Cramo has acquired KraftX AB, a privately owned rental company in Sweden specializing...

Acknowledging the World Day for Safety and Health at Work As a company, Cramo takes pride in playing an important role in promoting safety and health at work, especially in the construction and civil engineering...

We believe that a circular economy is one step closer towards a more sustainable construction industry. Rental is a circular business model and efficient sharing of equipment reduces resource depletion...

Among top 1% globally of the companies evaluated by Ecovadis At Cramo sustainability works as a key foundation in our business strategy. Our ambition is to lead the way in advancing sustainability in the...

One of the largest logistics centres in the rental industry For many years the Cramo head office has been located at Kalliosolantie in Vantaa but since 4 May all office staff along with other functions...

Rental is a sustainable business model for managing assets. It enables more efficient use of equipment and, at the same time, reduces the demand for  non-renewable resources. Our sustainability strategy ...

In the February issue of the CEO Magazine our own CEO Martin Holmgren reflects on the integration with Boels Rental, the pandemic and the strategy ahead. “The past months have been marked by rapid change,” say...

Earlier this month, Cramo’s subsidiary, Cramo UAB, was awarded the Organisation of the Future 2020 Award stating that the company has the most engaged employees in Lithuania. Every year, OVC Consulting i...

Small affiliate established nearby Riga city centre Cramo has now re-established a presence in Latvia. Three years ago Cramo divested its operations in Latvia to Storent Investments, but we can now see...

The Sustainable Development Goals, established by the United Nations, address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation and peace and justice. In a series...

The circular economy aims to design out waste and introduces a strict differentiation between the consumable and durable components of a product. It also replaces the concept of a consumer with that of...

More than 3,500 serious workplace accidents occur annually in the construction and civil engineering industry in Europe. In this third article in the series on how we at Cramo are working towards the Sustainable...

Cramo aims to create a positive work environment, characterised by diversity and equal opportunity, where different experiences, skills and competences align with our customers’ current and future needs. G...

The Sustainable Development Goals, established by the United Nations, address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation and peace and justice. The 17 goals...

At Cramo, we work to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) to ensure the health and safety of our staff, customers and partners during the epidemic. We actively monitor and follow the guidelines...

Many simultaneous activities happen at a jobsite and constructors can increase their work efficiency by using Cramo’s digital services. Cramo’s digital webportal provides construction equipment in topn...

The often used phrase ”A well planned job is half done” is especially true for the construction business. Jobsite Manager for Bonava, Antti Kauppila, has taken Cramo’s Jobsite planning tool into use r...

New strategy With the new strategy, Cramo aims to respond more effectively to the needs of its industrial customers. “We already have a strong culture and a long history of working with industrial customers i...

Moving into a more sustainable society has accelerated the number of fossil-free energy producers and we have an extensive offer for the customers in the wind power sector. Turbine manufacturers, developers...

The circular economy replaces the concept of a consumer with that of a user, something that is well known to Cramo through our rental business model. Rental is a sustainable business model for managing...

In previous articles in our series on how we at Cramo are working towards circularity, we have focused on decreasing the use of fossil fuels and the carbon footprint from the production phase and the end...

The production phase together with the end of life phase has the second biggest impact on the total carbon footprint of rental equipment, the biggest impact occurs from the use of fossil fuels. By choosing...

The use of fossil fuels has a significant impact on the total carbon footprint of rental equipment. We see an increasing demand from customers regarding electrification and renewable fuels. 85% of the...

Long before the sharing economy was defined as a concept associated with online solutions for sharing between individuals, there was a well-functioning model based on the same idea. For the rental industry,...

The circular economy aims to design out waste and introduces a strict differentiation between consumable and durable components of a product. It also replaces the concept of a consumer with that of a user,...

Digital solutions for smarter rental Rent, manage and return all equipment rentals online and get a clear overview of rental data and invoices with Cramo’s digital tools Improved productivity saves time a...

Any incident that stops production at an industry site costs time and money. Cramo supplies all sorts of equipment and services in order to minimize the production downtime. This is regardless of planned...

“The job has gotten easier, clearer and smoother since we started renting construction equipment online,” says Axel Lindström, contracting engineer at RO-Gruppen in Sweden. Using his computer, Axel can ...

The rental business model enables more efficient use of equipment, which reduces the demand for non-renewable resources and decreases carbon footprint from a life cycle perspective. But how can you further...

Cramo is launching a number of construction logistic services to meet cost-reduction and other customer demands. A successful construction project requires good material supplies that are well-coordinated...

Rental is professional sharing economy at its best and with new technologies, a connected fleet and new user interfaces the business is undergoing major changes. Even though the construction business is...

Cramo's digital tools make renting, managing and returning equipment even smarter! The Cramo online portal and Cramo mobile app make it easier for customers to rent equipment digitally, get a better overview...

”Learn from the expert” is a series of hacks and tips on how to be more efficient at work. Work hacks by Cramo is a series of short videos where we feature different machinery, talk on how to use them, wha...

Some might say that the construction industry has been a little slow to modernise. But now things are changing. The digital technology enables new solutions that make all phases of construction more effective....

More than 3,500 serious workplace accidents occur annually in the construction and civil engineering industry in Europe. A study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden shows that leadership is of...

With its 3,700 exhibitors, Bauma is the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery. We can summarize a great week at Bauma with more than 25,000 visitors to our booth and a number of press i...

Rental is a sustainable sharing economy business in many aspects and a more circular economy is what is needed to ensure a sustainable future. By sharing tools and equipment we contribute to carbon reduction....

A sharing economy is an economic model where people can borrow or rent assets owned by someone else. Underutilized assets are then being used more often, thereby increasing the utilization. Cramo is part...

To meet customers’ future needs for an efficient, safe and sustainable construction process, we are investing to develop and expand advanced construction logistics. A successful construction project r...

Join us at the world’s leading construction machinery fair Bauma in Munich 8-14 April 2019. With its 605.000 square meters, 3.425 international exhibitors and 600.000 visitors from more than 200 countries, Ba...

Cramo is piloting a NB-IoT joint pilot with Telia and RD Velho NB-IoT is a narrowband radio technology designed for the Internet of Things. The technology will be used to track a number of machines on...

AI-supported production control system digitalises construction sites – Cramo and Finnish company Bliot launching partnership Cramo aims to spur the digitalisation of construction sites in partnership w...

Many associate the sharing economy with the success of companies like Airbnb and Uber. They represent a new way of thinking when it comes to shortening the distance between suppliers and customers, sellers...

Tuxera brings its industrial IoT offering to Cramo in order to create efficient and cost-effective construction sites. Tuxera, the world leading storage software and networking technology company, announced...

Extra space delivered quickly for the students in Tiirismaa school. Due to problems with indoor air quality in the permanent buildings, Tiirismaa school in Lahti, Finland has been operating in Cramo Adapteo...

Digitalization is a clear trend in the construction industry. At Cramo we are shaping the future of rental with a strategy to stretch and scale up business models as well as establishing new and game-changing...

From an industrial standpoint, sharing economy is revolutionary in its simplicity. When companies start sharing physical resources, they stimulate others to align their business activities with sharing...

Maria Karlsson is our new Head of Sustainability for the Group. During the last three years Maria has been working as a consultant to Cramo, providing support regarding the sustainability report and being...

Leaping forward in digitalization through cooperation: Successes in a construction IoT pilot project On Peab’s job site located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, the former Kone headquarters is being transformed i...

The award was presented last night at the European Rental Awards dinner in Vienna, Austria, during the European Rental Association’s (ERA) annual Convention. Cramo was announced joint winner together with A-Plant with the following motivation of the ERA Sustainability Committee:

Cramo has started collaborating with top startups to gain insight into the potential of the latest technology. IoT – the internet of Things – influences our business in many ways. It helps us add more val...

After a long-term tender process, Gladsaxe municipality chose Cramo Adapteo as the supplier of a temporary care center BOLIV in Gladsaxe to house residents while a major renovation and construction project...

We are happy to announce that our CEO and President Leif Gustafsson has been awarded Best CEO in Sustainable Rental Equipment Industry 2018 by European CEO. The motivation from the European CEO judging...

Cramo Care – a successful strategy for integrating a sustainability perspective in Cramo’s entire operation Contributing to a sustainable world by driving the sharing eonomy A central part of Cramo’s susta...

Green Module - low energy utilization and low environmental impact are the basis for our green thinking Within the Swedish Cramo Adapteo organization the concept of Green module is launched 2018. Energy-efficient...

Cramo's e-Commerce solution is more than a webshop, it works as a webdepot where customers can browse, compare and order equipment, and even return it. It also works as an online platform where customers...

Cramo Care is our strategy for integrating sustainability step by step into all parts of the business. Our ambition is to take the lead in advancing sustainability in the rental industry as well as meeting...

The corporate video “It’s the People around us who make us what we are” has received the highest award (Award of Excellence) at the Accolade Festival in California in February 2018. The award is for c...

On February 14th, two different couples in two different European cities experienced a Valentine’s Day out of the ordinary – made possible by Cramo. Using Cramo equipment to create outdoor pop-up restaurants, two...

We're shaping the industry At Cramo, we're shaping the industry, with the interests of our customers at heart. We're part of the sharing economy, a field with many exciting business opportunities. This ...

Health and safety at customer sites is our first priority and an integral part of our business. Cramo provides a wide range of safety equipment as well as training and broader safety solutions. Our vision...

State-of-the-art Big Science project in Lund, Sweden, using temporary offices from Cramo Adapteo The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a pan-European project with 15 European member and observer nations,...

Cramo extends its partner agreement to support SOS Children's Villages Cramo Group, Europe’s second largest rental service company, specialising in equipment rental and rental of modular space, has prolonged i...

Cramo and IoT In the years to come, Cramo will have all of its machinery and equipment integrated with IoT solutions. Integrated machines enable us to develop customer value and improve internal efficiency....

Let modern, climate-smart modular housing be a solution when too little housing is being built – and too slowly.  The rental industry can contribute by providing flexible modules to meet the challenges fa...

Cramo is launching a group-wide Christmas campaign this December, which captures the creation of an unusual construction project - a big and creative gingerbread house designed by a child and built with...

The new school in Leknes, in the Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten, is a good example of what a state-of-the-art building made up of modules can look like. Lofoten is located well north of the Arctic Circle...

Cramo’s new EcoFleet product category is a collection of lower-emission machinery and equipment, offering an alternative to more traditional products. “EcoFleet is Cramo’s own label under which we gathe...

Winning the Central European market has proven successful after significant efforts and building of long-term partnerships, supported by the other two strategic must-win battles. Cramo’s tools business i...

Cramo School is our successful concept for offering training to customers in order to efficiently create awareness and develop competence to prevent accidents at construction sites. Many years of experience...

The European Rental Association (ERA) is a common forum for rental companies, equipment manufacturers and national rental associations to meet, discuss questions of common interest, and further develop...

Temporary accommodation for students can be ready in a few weeks The Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs Brian Mikkelsen has recently proposed that it should be possible to establish...

Rental is a people and a service business in constant change because of megatrends like digitalization, sustainable solutions and more agile organizations. The world is changing and moving faster, and...

Cramo's Shape & Share strategy emphasises digitalisation and the sharing economy. Cramo, one of the leading companies in Europe in equipment rental and modular space, has published its strategy for...

Gender equality boosts profitability and creates a more attractive workplace. That is the machinery rental company Cramo’s argument as it prepares to hold Open Houses at a number of its depots across S...

In cooperation with Innovation Plant Cramo is arranging an “Innovation Race” in order to come up with new ideas for the rental business of tomorrow. Project Manager for the event is Tomi Sundberg, newly appointed Innovations and New Business Development Director at Cramo Group.

The sharing concept represented by rental, as an alternative to owning, provides a high degree of resource efficiency and is better for the environment. That is the argument of the rental company Cramo, which includes a sustainability perspective in every aspect of its operations.