Polish Rental Association Formed in Warsaw

June 25, 2015

Founding members of the Polish Rental Association gather in Warsaw The PRA will promote rental in Poland increase safety awareness provide independent statistical information about the market and promote environmental protection — Founding members of the Polish Rental Association gather in Warsaw. The PRA will promote rental in Poland, increase safety awareness, provide independent statistical information about the market, and promote environmental protection.

The Polish Rental Association was launched in Warsaw last week consisting of 16 of the largest companies in the European rental industry. The association’s statutory objectives include promotion of the rental industry, educational activities for consumers, creating awareness and increasing safety at work.

The establishment of the association was initiated in 2014 in cooperation with the European Rental Association.

Founding rental companies include: Atut Rental, BAC, Boels, Cityrent, Clipper, Cramo, Drial, ELA Containers, Gam Polska, GIZO, Kiloutou, Mateco, Ramirent, Riwal, TLC and Touax.

The main aim of the group is to promote rental in Poland. Also PRA will initiate educational activities for customers, increase awareness for safety at work, provide independent statistical information with regards to the market, and promote the principles of safety and environmental protection.

Malgorzata Felicka of Atut Rental was elected president. Two representatives were elected to the management board: Wojciech Lisitcki, country manager for Riwal; and Bernard Michalczewski, country manager for Cramo.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.