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HAE (Hire Association Europe) has launched a new free advice hotline +44 (0)121 380 4646 for employment law, health and safety and legal advice.

Book your place now for the Europlatform conference in Madrid, Spain on 16 September.

The US equipment rental market is starting to show signs of recovery although significant growth will only occur in 2012, reports the American Rental Association’s latest market study from forecasting firm IHS Global Insight.

Allison Wenograd is promoted vice president, member services, at the ARTBA.

SARR Freights, in India, has joined the Global Projects Logistics Network (GPLN)

The rental industry reacted responsibly to the crisis last year, said Gérard Déprez, president of the European Rental Association (ERA) and chief executive officer of Loxam, but he said that recovery would only be visible in companies’ 2011 accounts.

The National Demolition Association has awarded Sheldon J. 'Red' Mandell the Lifetime Achievement Award

2010 General Assembly elects the association's first female president in its 104 year history.

The new European Rental Association (ERA) board was voted in during the Prague Convention. New members are Arne Bugge (Norwegian Rental Association), Marzia Giusto (Nacanco) and Vesa Koivula (Cramo).

Netherlands power renter Bredenoord won the small rental company of the year award and Ramirent the large company award at the 2010 European Rental Awards, announced at a special dinner in Prague on 26 May during the European Rental Association’s annual convention.

Mobile cranes delivered new in Europe since 1 May have changes to the operator's controls as a result of the 2010 amendment to the EN13000:2004 standard

Søren Jansen is the new general secretary at the European Association of Heavy Haulage, Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA)

The European equipment rental market fell by 17.2% to €20.2 billion in 2009 and is expected to fall by between 0% and -5% in most countries this year, according to the latest rental market report published by the European Rental Association (ERA).

The second International Rental Exhibition (IRE) will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 7-9 June, 2011. The European Rental Association (ERA) will again support the show and hold the ERA Convention and the European Rental Awards during the exhibition.

The Romanian Rental Association (RRA) was formed on 27 April in Bucharest with 11 founding members. The founders are a mix of access, crane and lifting rental companies.

Seven industry professionals join the NDA board of directors

The winners of the annual ESTA Awards of Excellence were announced at an evening event and dinner attended by 452 people in the crane, other lifting and specialized transport industry

Ms Marzia Giusto, general manager of Italian access rental company Nacanco, has been elected as the new president of Assonolo, the Italian rental association. She was appointed at the association’s annual meeting in Bologna in March and will hold the post for two years. Assonolo is the rental organisation within Assodimi, the broader Italian rental and dealer association.

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) has elected Bill Stramer, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., as president of the board

Four companies captured the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association's annual 2010 Jobs of the Year competition. Some 22 companies made presentations in the competition during the SC&RA Annual Conference held in Orlando, Florida, USA from 6 to 10 April