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Around 70 delegates from Russia’s equipment rental market gathered in Ekaterinburg, Russia, in mid-October to attend the second Russian Rental Conference.

The UK’s Executive Hire Show (EHS) has sold out its main exhibition hall and is now adding a further exhibition space in an upper level of the Ricoh Arena venue in Coventry.

Watch our video interview with Paolo Balugani on the new Sky Aces tunnel maintenance platform.

The APEX 2011 aerial platform exhibition has opened at the MECC exhibition centre in Maastricht, The Netherlands, with healthy visitor numbers on the first day.

The access rental industry faces a challenge to attract capital in the coming years with rates of return needing to improve if the industry is to compete in the global capital markets, said former Lavendon CEO Kevin Appleton at the Europlatform conference.

The key to preparing for changes in circumstance is anticipating that a downturn will happen said Alexandre Saubot in his keynote speech to the Europlatform Conference, today in Maastricht.

The programme for the Europlatform access rental conference has been finalised with the addition of Peter Davis, E2E (End to End servicing) technical manager at Australian rental giant Coates Hire. Mr Davis will talk about the 10-year rule an Australian regulation which requires aerial work platforms to undergo a major inspection after 10 years.

The programme for this year's Europlatform access rental conference is nearly complete and features a very strong line-up.

A fun-run and walk to raise money for a local Maastricht charity is being organised by Access International and APEX on the final morning of the exhibition.

The ‘early bird’ rate for the Europlatform access rental conference is available until Friday 15 July. The theme this year is Financing Growth and the line-up is once again very strong with speakers including Alexandre Saubot, Kevin Appleton and Loxam’s mergers and acquisitions specialist, Maëg Videau.

Watch IRN's short video of highlights from the recent European Rental Awards 2011 dinner at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.

IRN produced daily newsletters from last week’s International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and European Rental Association (ERA) conference in Amsterdam.

Murray Pollok, editor International Rental News, talks to Alexandre Saubot, CEO of Haulotte, at the IRE Show 2011

HSS, Ramirent, Volvo and Industrial Access among winners at this year's European Rental Awards dinner, held at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.

After successes in the UK, anti-theft systems for construction equipment roll out in Europe