After 40 years in business, Richardson says the overwhelming majority of their installs are for repeat clients, allowing the company to focus on customer relations and providing quality work instead of chasing new clients. Photo courtesy of Thomas Robert Clarke Photography. "In the tent rental industry, there is no ‘tomorrow,’” Brian Richardson, president and CEO [...]

A tent is unloaded from a washer made by Charnecke’s sister company, CCC Washers. For decades, customers across the country have relied on Rosholt, Wis.-based Charnecke Tents for high-quality tents of all sizes. “We have customers who come back to us year after year,” says Jenny Cole, co-owner and vice president of Charnecke Tents Inc., [...]

In just 10 years, Tony Ehrbar has grown American Tent from three employees in a 5,000-square foot warehouse to 40 employees in a 110,000–square foot facility. Photo courtesy of Mark Skalny Photography. Tony Ehrbar, owner and CEO of American Tent LLC, in Green Bay, Wis., didn’t realize he wanted to be an entrepreneur until he [...]

Regal was hired to install multiple tents for the Super Bowl LIII Live Experience in 2019. Canadian sales executive Michelle McCulloch knew from age 12 she wanted to become involved in the tent rental industry.  Growing up in the Ontario-based family business Regal Tents & Structures, the now-40-year-old sales executive was able to learn the [...]

These non-tactical military tents are humanitarian relief shelters still used regularly throughout the Middle East and the South Pacific after conflicts and natural disasters. Photos courtesy of Celina. For Janice Grieshop, vice president of Celina in Celina, Ohio, it all began in 1996 when a local hardware store went out of business after 74 years. [...]