Kennards Hire is an Australian privately-owned equipment hire company.
History
W Kennard Agencies
In 1948 Walter Kennard founded W Kennard Agencies in Bathurst selling equipment and machinery and becoming an agent for Caltex, Hillman, Humber and Lightburn. The concept of an equipment hire business came about when instead of a customer purchasing a concrete mixer, Kennard rented the equipment for a fee.[1] In 1951 the Kennard family moved to Sydney with W Kennard Agencies operating out of the garage of the family home in Mosman.[2]