United Rentals, Inc. operates as an equipment rental company. It offers approximately 2,900 classes of rental equipment to construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and others. The company’s rental equipment includes general construction and industrial equipment comprising backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earth moving equipment, material handling equipment, compressors, pumps, and generators; aerial work platforms, such as scissor lifts and boom lifts; general tools and light equipment, including pressure washers, water pumps, heaters, and hand tools; and trench safety equipment consisting of trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment. United Rentals also sells new and used rental equipment, as well as related contractor supplies, parts, and services. As of December 31, 2007, its network consisted of approximately 697 rental locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.