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Wilmington, N.C. — Nov. 3, 2015 — KWIPPED Inc., a startup online B2B equipment rental marketplace, which went fully operational this spring, has grown its supplier network to nearly 250 companies and assembled an impressive customer portfolio including major universities, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.
KWIPPED.com facilitates a highly efficient equipment rental process by enabling businesses and organizations that need to rent equipment to easily connect with a global network of suppliers that rent their equipment through the site.
KWIPPED’s platform facilitates and automates the entire rental process encompassing quoting, scheduling, insurance, security deposits,contract execution, shipping, and payment management.
KWIPPED currently rents a wide range of specialized commercial equipment in more than 500 equipment categories across 17 different industries including: medical and laboratory, audio-visual, construction, surveying, film production, and oil and gas. Since May 2015, KWIPPED’s suppliers have uploaded over 3,000 pieces of equipment to the marketplace.
“We are seeing impressive adoption by both large and small organizations and have active rental contracts out to March,” said Robert Preville,founder and CEO. “We have collected the proof-of-concept for our business model and are now working to implement the building blocks required to scale up our business.”
KWIPPED’s versatile equipment rental offerings have quickly attracted a variety of enterprise businesses. Registered KWIPPED users include Coca Cola, Sherwin-Williams, the U.S. Navy, Under Armor, Michigan International Speedway, BASF, Leica Geosystems, General Dynamics, Boston Scientific, and the U.S. Forest Service.
