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ERACONVENTIONANDAWARDS PREVIEW
EuropeanRental Awards
The eighth European Rental
Awardswill be held on the
evening of Wednesday 3
June at theMelia Hotel in
Rome, Italy.
category - a big thank you to all those companies
that entered.
The judging panel for the prestigious awards
includes senior representatives from rental
companies, manufacturers and rental associations
in Europe, plus two members from the award
organisers – the ERA and KHL Group, which is the
publisher of
International Rental News
.
The judges meet at ERA’s Secretariat office in
Brussels, Belgium, on 18March, 2015, todetermine the
shortlisted companiesandwinners. The judgesare:
■
Xavier du Boÿs (CEO, Kiloutou, France)
■
Marzia Giusto (CEO, Nacanco&President,
Assonolo, Italy)
■
Nicolas Guigon (Rental &Used Equipment
Manager – EAME, Caterpillar)
■
Vesa Koivula (ERAPresident &CEO, Cramo,
Finland)
■
Murray Pollok (Managing Editor,
International
Rental News
)
■
Non-voting chair of themeeting:Michel
Petitjean (SecretaryGeneral, ERA)
■
For more information on attending the event,
go to the awards website at
/
rentalawards/.
Smart phone users can scan
the QR code to go straight to the
eventwebpage.
The 2014 European Rental Awards took place in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, at the same time as the ERA Convention
and the International Rental Exhibition
The prestigious awards ceremony is a long-standing andmuch anticipated event on the industry calendar
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he 2015 European Rental Awards, which are
jointly organised by
International Rental
News
and the European Rental Association
(ERA), promise to be another glittering and keenly-
anticipatedevent comprisingadinnerandceremony
on 3 June.
The event kicks off with a cocktail reception
at 19:30 following the first day of the Convention.
After this, dinner is scheduled to start at 20:30,
and the awards ceremony officially finishes at
23:00, although there will of course still be time to
celebrate at the bar afterwards for anyone who has
the stamina todo so.
The awards themselves consist of four categories,
togetherwitha special LifetimeAchievement award.
The four award categorieswill be as follows:
■
LargeRental Companyof theYear (turnover
over €15million)
■
Small/Mid-sizedRental Companyof theYear
(turnover under €15million)
■
Most SustainableRental Product of the year
(product launched in late 2013or during 2014)
■
ERA/
IRN
Rental Personof theYear
Theawardswereopen toanycompanyoperating in
Europe, and companies did not have to bemembers
of ERA to enter.
The deadline for awards submissions was 20
February, and therewas a strong response this year,
particularly to the Most Sustainable Rental Product
IRNMARCH 2015
