ERA Convention 2015: ‘Sustainability as an opportunity’

WEDNESDAY – 3 June 2015

10.30-14.30
REGISTRATION

14.30-15.30
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT
Speaker: Franciska Janzon, Ramirent, Committee Chairwoman

ROUNDTABLE: COUNTRY IN FOCUS – ITALY
An overview of the construction equipment rental market in Italy
Speakers: Gian Luca Benci, Assodimi; Enrico De Rosa, Officine Giuliano; Carlo Buso, Cofiloc; Tarcisio Sciocco, Boels Italia
Moderator: Michel Petitjean, Secretary General, ERA

15.30-16.00
COFFEE BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

16.00-17.15
PLENARY SESSION
Opening of the Convention, Vesa Koivula, Cramo, and President, ERA
Welcome to Italy, Marzia Giusto, Nacanco, and Board Member, ERA
Sustainability Story and the Rental Business –  Jup van ‘t Veld, Schuttelaar
Moderator: Nadine Dereza

17.15-17.45
BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

17.45 – 19.00
PLENARY SESSION
How to develop solutions & services in rental, Christoph Afheldt, Zeppelin Rental
Trends in the European Rental Industry, Michel Petitjean, Secretary General, ERA
Moderator: Nadine Dereza

19.30-20.30
COCKTAIL AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

20.30-23.00
EUROPEAN RENTAL AWARDS DINNER
Moderator: Nadine Dereza

THURSDAY – 4 June 2015

08.30 – 09.30
ROUNDTABLE: THE BUSINESS SENSE OF SUSTAINABILITY
Speakers: Kevin Haycock, A-Plant; Hervé Rebollo, DLR
Moderator: Jup van ‘t Veld, Schuttelaar

ROUNDTABLE: STANDARDISATION OF TELEMATICS
Speakers: VDBUM – Update on the development of standardisation; Claudio Fiorentini, JCB
Moderator: Dino Leistenschneider, Ramirent

09.30 – 10.30
ERA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

10.30-11.00
COFFEE BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

11.00-12.00
EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT
Speaker:  Martin Holmgren, Committee Chairman

PROMOTION COMMITTEE REPORT
Speaker: Fiona Perrin, Committee Chairwoman

12.00-12.30
COFFEE BREAK AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

12.30-13.30
GUEST SPEAKER
Marc Luyckx Ghisi – “Towards a New Civilisation”
Closing of the Convention, Vesa Koivula, Cramo, and President, ERA

13.30-15.30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND TABLE-TOP EXHIBITION

Gold Sponsors:
– Ritchie Bros
– Hilti
– Perkins Engines Company
– Trackunit
– Caterpillar

Silver Sponsor:
Ingersoll Rand

Iron Planet will sponsor the cocktail before the Awards Dinner.

The following companies exhibited:
– Kaeser Kompressoren SE
– Annata
– ATN
– Trackunit
– El Bjorn
– Containex
– Dynamics Software
– IPAF
– MCS Italy
– Thwaites
– Hifi Filter / Jura Filtration
– Husqvarna
– Ingersoll Rand
– KHL

The 2015 European Rental Awards took place in the evening of 3 June during the European Rental Association’s annual convention in Rome, Italy. The nominees and winners were:

Large Rental Company of the Year (>€15 million revenues)
A-Plant (UK) – Winner
GAP Hire (UK)
HSS Hire (UK)

Small Rental Company of the Year (<€15 million revenues)
Atut Rental (Poland) – Winner
Germans Homs (Spain)
Industrial Access (Romania)
O.MEC (Italy)

Sustainable Rental Product of the Year
Firefly (hybrid generator) – Highly Commended
Holland Lift (hybrid scissor lift)
MHM Plant/Powerbank (hybrid generator)
Morris Site Machinery (solar lighting tower)
Wacker Neuson (electric powered rammer) – Winner

Rental Person of the Year
Wolfgang Hahnenberg and Peter Schrader, Zeppelin Rental

ERA/IRN Lifetime Achievement Award
Pierre-Yves Lecat

Presentations

•  Committee Reports
•  Plenary Session
•  Roundtables
•  Guest Speaker