Test sourcing specialist expands into Australia and New Zealand

Europe’s largest technology rental supplier, Livingston, is expanding its operations into Australia and New Zealand. The company provides its clients with access to test equipment from leading test and measurement manufacturers, without them having to incur heavy capital expenditure.

Through collaboration with local distributors - Tech Rentals Corporation, Vicom and Celemetrix and vendors Agilent/Trio Smartcal, JDSU and Spirent/Matrium - Livingston will now be in a position to serve both Australia and New Zealand. This means that telecommunication infrastructure installers, contract manufacturers and OEM product development teams can source the tools they need to deal with even the most exacting of test challenges. It will allow them to benefit from immediate availability of models from the foremost test brands.

“As a result of the current economic and technology drivers characterising the industry, an increasing proportion of companies are now looking to rent or lease test hardware rather than being forced to purchase it directly,” states Philippe Suel, International Development Director of Livingston Group’s test division. “This approach ensures they’re not exposed to various hidden costs associated with ownership (maintenance, repair, security and recalibration). It also maximises equipment utilisation, so greater revenue can be generated by each unit and expensive kit is not simply left on the shelf, as well as allowing sudden increases in demand or changes in technology requirements to be addressed.

“Both Australia and New Zealand are in the process of making major investment into the rollout of next-generation telecommunications networks. Livingston, by reinforcing our commitment to the technology companies in these countries, will be able to provide the cutting-edge equipment that projects such as these call for.”