European rental award winners to be announced on Tuesday night

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11 May 2012

Winner of the European Rental Awards will be announced during at the awards dinner in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday 15 May during the European Rental Association's annual convention.

The list of winners will be published online at www.khl.com shortly after the ceremony on Tuesday night.

The awards, which are organised by International Rental News (IRN) and the ERA, will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in central Oslo in front of an estimated audience of more than 250 delegates from the European rental industry.

The shortlisted companies are:

Large Rental Company of the Year (>€15 million revenues)
AFI (UK)
GAP Group (UK)
Kiloutou (France)
Nixon Hire (UK)

Small Rental Company of the Year (<€15 million revenues)
Johnny Servis (Czech Republic)
Naboen Utleie (Norway)
NRC (Russia)
Rentforce (Russia)

Rental Product of the Year in 2011
Caterpillar (300.9D mini-excavator)
Hilti (TE 3000-AVR breaker)
Hinowa (IIIS system for aerial platforms)
JLG Industries (1500SJ aerial platform)
TowerLight (VB9 LED Battery Ibird lighting tower)

Rental Person of the Year
To be announced on the night.

Lifetime Achievement Award
To be announced on the night.

The full list of the shortlisted companies, providing details of each entry, has been published in the May-June issue of IRN.

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