Our Company
About us
For 30 years we have been taking up simple but demanding challenges day after day. To do this, we rely on the experience of our employees, the reliability of our equipment and the power of our partners. Avesco Rent is a partner of companies active in the field of construction, public works, infrastructure, events, industry and services. Our presence throughout Switzerland with 140 employees and 21 agencies gives us an essential proximity advantage.
With the references and the reputation acquired, we are today the only ones able to carry out national and international projects. We owe our leadership position to the customers who have placed their trust in us, and to the teams that surround us every day.
Why rent
Cheaper
Less tied capital: more liquidity available for your company. Cost control: the costs of machines and accessories can be known in advance for each construction site.
Optimized material
Avoid the risk of obsolescence: plan your fleet according to the needs of the moment and the construction sites in progress.
Better productivity: you have the latest generation equipment, suitable for your job.
Management
Vincent Albasini
Chief Executive Officer
«Availability and responsiveness are the success factors of our business! Our teams make a difference every day for our customers and I am proud of that»
Sulaica Tardy
Chief Financial Officer
«Optimism, curiosity, openness, empathy and constant commitment are the added value of our company»
Christoph Schaffner
Director Rental Machines & Equipment Switzerland
«Sustainability is the core element of my work - not only in relation to the environment, but also in relation to our employees, our customers and our solutions!»
Andreas Hostettler
Modular Construction Director & GSA / IPE
«Take people as they are ... there are no others!»
Julien Launay
Fleet Director
«Our priority: to provide the customer with equipment in perfect condition, taking into account the best sustainable solutions offered by our suppliers»
Stéphane Seydoux
West Area Director
«The customer is at the center of my concerns and sustainability is a constant in my daily work»
Our history
Avesco Rent expands its business in Finland.
Development of a new range of products and services in the application of site water treatment.
Avesco Rent is committed to sustainability by changing the entire fleet of vehicles to electric.
Integration of the Fast Rent Castione and Landquart branches, and collaboration with the Waelti branches in the Neuchâtel region with the Avesco Rent brand. A new FastRent shop-in-shop opens in Hornbach, Sirnach.
Another 3 branches have been opened in the Baltics (Tallinn City, Tartu, Riga as AvR Baltics headquarters). The FastRent Shop in Shop was set up in 7 Hornbach stores in Switzerland.
4 branches were opened in the Baltics (Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Tallinn). FastRent Landquart opening in 2019.
Construction and opening of our new branch entirely dedicated to mobile construction in Murten (FR).
Creation of the Customized by Avesco Rent branch, intended for niche products in the fields: rail / road, demolition and works of art. Integration of Primair SA company active in German-speaking Switzerland for temperature management through heating and air conditioning systems.
Avesco Rent begins its diversification by integrating Gutknecht Mobilbau SA into Morat, a company active in modular construction.
Avesco Rent has grown strongly to become a nationwide service company with 120 employees in 16 branches across Switzerland. To support its customers in any type of project, the company has a fleet of over 5,500 machines divided into 220 types.
Multirent integrates Avesco SA, the Swiss dealer of the Caterpillar brand since 1931. Avesco SA belongs to the Ammann group, a world leader in the supply of asphalt plants, machines and services in the construction sector.
The history of Avesco Rent begins with the creation of Tooloc, one of the first tool and machine rental companies in French-speaking Switzerland. In the 90s the company took its first steps in German-speaking Switzerland and therefore chose the name Multirent.
