ERA Newsletter | January 2020
ERA 2020 Convention: Smart Rental
Registrations now open
Registrations for ERA's 15th Annual Convention - Smart Rental are now open. The event will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on 10 and 11 June alongside the International Rental Exhibition and European Rental Awards, and will focus on data and digitalisation. A full agenda will be available soon.

Find out more about the event here and register here . Read l etters to IRE visitors and exhibitors from ERA President Pierre Boels.
European rental market continues to grow
In 2018, the European rental market (EU-28 and EFTA) continued to grow, with equipment rental companies and companies providing rental services generating a rental turnover of more than EUR 26 million.

Growth in 2018 was 4.4%, which is forecast to continue at a rate of 3.8% and 3.2% in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Read more in the   ERA Market Report 2019  
Embed the ERA TCO Calculator on your website
ERA's Total Cost of Ownership Calculator can now be embedded on external websites, enabling ERA members, rental associations and rental companies to take the benefits of the calculator directly to their customers. 

Users will be able to do single calculations of the total economic value of an investment under Lease vs. Buy vs. Rent scenarios.

Find out how to embed the Calculator   here .
ERA Annual Report 2019
In 2019, ERA continued to defend the rental industry, with highlights including a new and improved TCO Calculator, the 2019 Market Report, a new Sustainability Award at the ERA Convention and the 'Carbon Footprint of Construction Equipment' report.

The report also contains all the latest trends and events in the rental industry.

Read more   here .
DigiPLACE workshop
ERA is collaborating with CECE to organise a workshop on ' The role of Digital Platforms in construction machinery automation ' in the framework of the  DigiPLACE  project, which was launched in Bologna, Italy, on 22 November 2019.

The event will take place in Hannover, Germany, on 29 April.

Register   here .
ERA welcomes 8 new members
ERA is pleased to welcome VSAA/ASFP , Lombardini , STILL GmbH , Alias , Irdeto , Epiroc , To-Increase , and Groupe LT as new members.

We look forward to working together with you to strengthen the European equipment rental industry.

Find out more about the benefits of ERA membership and how to join   here .
For more information: era@erarental.org | +32 2 761 1604 | www.erarental.org