European Rental Association

Its work focuses on 7 main areas: ERA, like most trade associations, uses working committees which meet regularly throughout the year and develop deliverables that may be of use to member companies and associations.

There are currently 5 committees and 2 working groups: • Technical Committee• National Associations Committee• Promotion Committee• Statistics Committee• Sustainability Committee • Future Group • Cybersecurity working group Direct members of ERA can either be rental associations or rental companies with operations in Europe.

Equipment manufacturers and other suppliers to the rental industry can become associate members.

ERA is the co-organiser of the International Rental Exhibition, IRE, which takes place every 3 years and is the largest European trade show for the equipment rental business.

The event raises the profile of the rental industry in Europe, standing alongside Intermat and Bauma as the two other large European construction exhibitions.