Area equipment rental firm buys Texas company

BONITA SPRINGS — Herc Holdings, an equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of Houston-based Champion Rentals Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Champion is a full-service general equipment rental company, according to a statement, with about 100 employees and four locations serving contractors and industrial, manufacturing and government customers in the Houston metropolitan area. The addition of Champion expands Herc Rentals’ Houston-area presence to 12 physical locations, which collectively provide general and specialty equipment rental solutions and related services, the release adds.