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AGC says exodus of workers from industry threatens future growth

The ERA/IRN Rental Tracker survey for the second quarter of 2011 reveals continued uncertainty in rental markets in the UK and Italy in contrast to more positive environments in France, the Nordic region and Benelux.

The ‘early bird’ rate for the Europlatform access rental conference is available until Friday 15 July. The theme this year is Financing Growth and the line-up is once again very strong with speakers including Alexandre Saubot, Kevin Appleton and Loxam’s mergers and acquisitions specialist, Maëg Videau.

The ERA/IRN RentalTracker survey covering the second quarter of 2011 is ready to complete and is again available in five languages - English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.

IPAF said the formation of a Country Council in Brazil following a meeting Sao Paulo in late May represented a "hugely important step" for the association.

Federation’s Annual Congress held in Sofia hears that industry is robust despite economic downturn.

IRN produced daily newsletters from last week’s International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and European Rental Association (ERA) conference in Amsterdam.

Rental industry 'a partner to the Japanese people' following disaster.

The winners of this year's ESTA Awards of Excellence were announced during the ESTA users Night and Award Dinner at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 7 June

The European Rental Association (ERA) has published a new guide to equipment rental that aims to help the industry attract new customers and explain rental to government organisations, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders in the business.

Senior industry figures optimistic on rental market prospects but call for cultural change

Tower Cranes: How OSHA 1926.1400 Affects Operations is the next session of SC&RA's monthly webinar series

The Australian rental industry celebrated on 10-13 May with its annual awards dinner and convention. Winners included General Equipment Rentals (rental company of the year), Hiretech (supplier of the year), Event Power and Light (smaller rental company of the year, and JLG Industries (ptroduct of the year for the 340AJ articulated boom).

A 5 percent recovery in the aerial work platform market is expected for 2011 with even stronger growth in 2012, the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has reported in its IPAF US Powered Access Rental Report 2011.

GAP Group, A-Plant and InspHire were among winners at the recent UK Hire Awards of Excellence, organised by the Hire Association Europe (HAE) and held in London in early May.

Kevin Appleton, chief executive of Lavendon group, will be one of the top level speakers at this year’s Europlatform aerial platform rental conference.

More than 150 leading tower crane experts gathered in London last week (12 May) for the launch of International Tower Cranes 2011, the first-ever global tower crane conference and networking dinner

North America has plenty of room for growth when it comes to the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) gaining ground here, but IPAF's new president, JLG's Wayne Lawson, sees the market as ripe for potential, he recently told Access Lift & Handlers.

The RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is close to the city centre and to the main international Schiphol Airport.

The awards dinner for the 2011 European Rental Awards takes place at the Okura Hotel on Wednesday 8 June. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from the RAI exhibition centre or a short taxi ride, and the dinner starts with a cocktail reception at 6.50pm.