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ERA Convention 2015: ‘Sustainability as an opportunity’
3 June, 2015 - 4 June, 2015
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PROGRAMME
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
SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
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
EUROPEAN RENTAL AWARDS 2015
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