aht industry plant hire founded 1947 ; 69 years ago 1947 headquarters london uk key people chris cole chairman geoffrey drabble ceo revenue 2 038.9 million 2015 1 operating income 556.9 million 2015 1 net income 303.4 million 2015 1 total assets 6.66 billion 2016 2 website www.ashtead group.com ashtead group plc is a british industrial equipment rental company formerly based in leatherhead surrey but which has since moved to new offices in the city of london . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 uk operations 3 senior management 4 references 5 external links history edit ashtead was founded in 1947 in the village of ashtead surrey as ashtead plant and tool hire . 3 in 1986 it was first listed on the london stock exchange . 3 in 1990 it bought sunbelt rentals . 3 in 2006 it acquired nationsrent inc for 1bn . 4 in 2008 it sold ashtead technology in a management buyout deal . 5 operations edit the company operates internationally servicing customers in the us and uk . 6 it hires out large industrial items such as aerial work platforms backhoes excavators and forklift trucks and smaller equipment such as power saws ladders and pumps . approximately 85 % of its revenue is generated in the us through the subsidiary sunbelt rentals present in more than 513 locations across the country . 6 ashtead offices at king s house in london uk operations edit a plant formerly known as ashtead plant is present in over 130 locations throughout the uk 6 and has the following divisions a plant plant and tools a plant acrow a plant trenchless technologies a plant accommodation a plant power generation and rentarc a plant rail a plant powered access a plant lifting and handling a plant lux traffic systems a plant survey senior management edit role salary bonus total geoff drabble 7 chief executive officer 456 000 114 000 570 000 s.ian robson 8 finance director 328 000 82 000 410 000 sat dhaiwal 9 executive director 220 000 220 000 references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . ashtead group . retrieved 19 march 2016 . http www.forbes.com companies ashtead group a b c our history . ashtead group . retrieved 15 march 2015 . sunbelt and nationsrent to merge . construction equipment . 1 october 2006 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . ashtead sells ashtead technology rentals to mbo team for 95.6 m . reuters . 23 june 2008 . retrieved 15 march 2015 . a b c aht profile & executives ashtead group plc . bloomberg . retrieved 15 march 2015 . geoff drabble executive profile & biography . businessweek . mcgraw hill . retrieved 2009 09 18 . astead group plc directors . ashtead group plc. archived from the original on 1 september 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 03 . sat dhaiwal executive profile & biography . businessweek . mcgraw hill . retrieved 2009 09 18 . external links edit ashtead group official site a plant sunbelt rentals yahoo profile european rental association v t e ftse 100 companies of the 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