General Finance Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the lease and sale of portable storage containers, portable container buildings, and freight containers in North America and the Asia-Pacific. It offers mobile storage containers, including general purpose units, double pallet-wide high cube units, hazardous goods containers, and refrigerated containers; portable building containers comprising site offices and cabins, workforce accommodation units, luxury accommodation units, restroom blocks, blast-resistant units, and specialized office and infrastructure suites; and freight containers consisting of curtain-side containers, hi-cube containers, pallet-wide containers, side-opening door containers, and bulk containers. The company provides its products for storage applications, including retail and manufacturing inventory, construction materials and equipment, documents and records, and household goods. It also leases and sells mobile storage trailers, container offices, mobile offices, and modular buildings, as well as ancillary products comprising steps, furniture, portable toilets, security systems, and other items for use in connection with its equipment. In addition, the company offers delivery and installation, return and dismantle, and other site services. As of June 30, 2011, it had a lease fleet of 20,439 mobile storage containers, 2,227 portable container buildings, and 7,504 freight containers. It serves various industries, such as mining, road and rail, construction, moving and storage, manufacturing, transportation, defense, services, retail, utilities, and education, as well as government, and small and medium-size entities. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
