CONTACT ERA:
EuropeanRental Association (ERA)
AvenueJules Bordet 142
B-1140Brussels
Belgium
Tel: + 32 2 761 1604
Fax: + 32 2 761 1699
E-MAIL:
Secretariat-Administration:
Secretary General:
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For more information on sponsorship
opportunities, prices and orders, please visit:
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European Rental Awards
Companies are invited to enter the eighth European
Rental Awards. The deadline for entries is Friday
20 February, 2015. Entrieswill be judged in five
categories, as follows:
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LargeRental Companyof theYear (turnoverover
€15million)
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Small/Mid-sized Rental Company of the Year
(turnover under €15million)
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Most Sustainable Rental Product (product
launched in late 2013 or during 2014)
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Rental Personof theYear
In addition, the judging panel may present a
LifetimeAchievement Award.
The awards are again being jointly organised
by
IRN
magazine and the ERA. Companies and
individuals are able to download entry forms
and obtain award guidelines at
/
rentalawards and on the ERA's website (www.
erarental.org).
ERA and the National
Rental Associations
Finally, the ASEAMAC Forum takes place in Madrid
on 28 January. After having held its first annual
meeting, the Board of ERA will participate to a
roundtable in the afternoon.
Also, the ERA together with IMDER, the
Turkish Construction Equipment Distributors
and Manufacturers Association, are organising
two training days on 12 and 13 March, in Istanbul,
Turkey.
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ERANEWS
The European Rental
Associationwill organise a
conference at April’s Intermat
show in Paris, and is also
looking ahead to its annual
Convention in Rome this June
TheERA in2015
Europe's rental industry, representativesof national
rental associations and suppliers to the industry to
attend the event.
The general outline of the event (starting and end
time) and some additional useful information are
now available at:
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convention-2015.
The programme for the convention will be
publishedwhen registration to the event opens.
However we can anticipate that roundtables will
include:
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presentations of the Italian rental market,
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aworkshoparoundSustainability ledbynational
rental associations and by Schuttelaar &
Partners, the consulting firmmandated by ERA
to assist in its Sustainability Project,
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a workshop around Telematics Standardisation
with the participation of the Germany based
trade associationVDBUM.
The plenary session will be dedicated to the
situation of our industry and its environment and
will enlighten the attendees about Sustainability
in the rental business. It will include a detailed
report on the European rental industry. The guest
speaker will be announced in the coming weeks,
and as inAmsterdam in 2014, the Conventionwill be
moderatedbyNadineDereza.
A table-top exhibition will be organised in the
area where the social events of the convention will
take place and different levels of sponsorships are
available for the European Rental Awards dinners,
as well as for the whole convention such as the
lanyards and the programme of the convention.
The following Gold Sponsors of the European
Rental Awards have already signed up, join them
now!
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RitchieBros Auctioneers
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Hilti
IRN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015
T
his year, the European Rental Association
(ERA) will organise a conference at the
Intermat construction equipment exhibition
on 23 April, from 14.00 to 16.00. The conference
will consist of a detailed presentation of the
work accomplished so far by the ERA equipment
technology committee.
A debate will follow this presentation with a few
invitees from rental companies andmanufacturers.
The conference will be moderated by Murray
Pollok, managing editor of
IRN
.
Meanwhile, in the morning of 23 April, a visit of
a Loxam rental depot in the vicinity of Intermat
will also be organised. Registration to the visit will
open in the comingweeks, andwill beannouncedby
Intermat and ERA.
On April 22, some workshops will be organised
between rental companies and manufacturers.
The objective of these workshops will be to
achieve tangible results in manufacturers’ actions,
facilitatedbya clear communication from the rental
industry. The idea is to speed up the development
towards rental adapted equipment.
ERAConvention in Rome
Meanwhile, the next ERA Convention will take place
inRome on 3 and4 June, 2015.
The headlight of this year’s convention will be
about “Sustainability as an Opportunity” and, as
in previous years, we expect over 250 leaders from
The 2015 ERA Convention takes place in Rome, Italy, in June.
