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The first early booking deadline for the Europlatform rental conference is approaching. If you book before 15 July you can save as much as £125 (€155) per delegate. Don't worry if you haven't finalised your delegate list as names can be changed right up to the day of the conference. If you do over book you can also cancel free of charge up to 1 August.

Palfinger has marked its 80th anniversary with an extensive distributor and customer conference culminating in a celebratory dinner and entertainment

The programme for this year's Europlatform rental conference is nearly complete and once again Access International and IPAF have lined up a terrific group of speakers and topics.

Italian manufacturer Airo has recently returned from exhibiting at the Algerian equipment exhibition, Bativert, where it showed a number of products on the stand of its Algerian distributor Tizi Ouzou.

With its Turkish dealer Masker Makina, Chinese aerial work platform manufacturer Dingli was showing some of its products at the ANKOMAK 2012 exhibition held in Turkey 6 -10 June.

UK association will also launch new mobile app at week-long educational event

The programme for the 6th Europlatform rental conference programme is nearly complete. The theme of this year's event is Success in Access Rentals and features a strong line-up of speakers and topics.

A silver medal winner at the internationally renowned Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show has a different take on working at height and, although not in the usual scope of Access International - we thought you might enjoy these relaxing summer images.

Ron DeFeo, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Terex Corporation, will give the keynote address at the IPAF Summit to be held on 26 March 2013 in Miami, Florida, USA. Michael Kneeland, president and CEO of United Rentals, will also speak at the Summit.

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 president of the Brazilian rental association ALEC, Marco Aurélio da Cunha, will give a presentation on the Brazilian rental market at the upcoming M&T Expo exhibition.

Organisers of the Intermat Middle East exhibition report growing support for the fledgling show in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Riwal chief executive officer Norty Turner will be the keynote speaker at the Europlatform conference taking place in Edinburgh, UK, on Thursday 20 September this year.

Kiloutou won the large rental company of the year award at the European Rental Awards ceremony in Oslo organised by International Rental News (IRN) magazine and the European Rental Association (ERA).

Coates Hire chief executive officer Leigh Ainsworth said winning the Australian rental company of the year award at last week’s Hire and Rental Industry Association (HRIA) convention was welcome recognition for all that the company had achieved since the merger with National Hire.

Niftylift's HR17 Hybrid has won The Best New Product of The Year Award from the Hire & Rental Industry Association (HRIA) of Australia. The HRIA is the official industry association for hire and rental companies in Australia and membership covers all areas of the rental industry.

Supporting the investment it has made in South America over recent years JLG is exhibiting at the M&T Expo held in San Paolo Brazil 29 May - 2 June. Tim Morris, JLG's senior vice president of sales, market development and customer support-Americas said that over the past two of years JLG had doubled its workforce and now carries more than $3 million worth of parts inventory in its enhanced aftermarket facility.

On 15 April 2012, the managing director of Pop-Up Products, Nigel Woodger, will be running the Paris Marathon to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer and St Luke's Cheshire Hospice in the UK.

Member of Great Britain's royal family His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, The Duke of York visited the headquarters of Niftylift Ltd.

This year's IPAF President's Award went to Cees van der Kooij, former chief operating officer of Loxam in the Netherlands and former chairman of the IPAF Netherlands Country Council. This was announced at the IPAF Annual General Meeting held on 29 March 2012 in Rome, Italy.