"Rental Company of the Year" Award to Cramo


Cramo Plc    Investor news 9 June 2008, at 11.15 am Finnish time (GMT+2)        

"Rental Company of the Year" Award to Cramo                                     

On June 4th, Cramo received the European Rental Association's (ERA) first ever  
"Rental Company of the Year" award.                                             

Cramo was named Rental Company of the Year in Amsterdam on June 4th by the      
European Rental Association (ERA) and the International Rental News magazine.   
The festivities took place at a special awards dinner held at the world-famous  
Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.                                                       

Altogether, awards in eight rental-related categories were presented at the     
first-ever European Rental Association ceremony.                                

In the most prestigious category, Rental Company of the Year (companies with    
more than ten rental outlets), three companies were shortlisted - Boels Verhuur 
(the Netherlands), Cramo (Finland) and Ramirent (Finland). Cramo received the   
prize for “a successful and swift transformation of two companies into one of   
Europe's leading actors in the industry”.                                       

In the "Rental Environmental Award" category, Cramo finished in a distinguished 
second place.                                                                   

-I'm extremely glad that our external partners and stakeholders too have        
recognized all the effort we've put into building up “One Cramo”. Receiving this
award as the Rental Company of the Year has required a huge amount of work from 
everybody at Cramo. I sincerely want to thank each and every one at Cramo from  
the bottom of my heart for their input, says Vesa Koivula, CEO of the Cramo     
Group.                                                                          

-I would also like to extend my thanks to all the other nominees for a          
stimulating challenge that helps us develop the rental industry on behalf of our
customers, shareholders and employees, says Koivula.                            

CRAMO PLC                                                                       

Vesa Koivula                                                                    
President and CEO                                                               

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Vesa Koivula, President and CEO, tel. +358 40 510 5710                          

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Cramo is a service company specialising in construction machinery and equipment 
rental and rental-related services, as well as the rental and sale of modular   
space. As one of the industry's leading service providers in the Nordic         
countries and Central and Eastern Europe, Cramo operates in eleven countries    
with some 300 depots. With a group staff of 2,300, Cramo's consolidated sales   
for 2007 totalled EUR 496 million and its shares are listed on the OMX Nordic   
Exchange, Helsinki. For further information, please visit www.cramo.com.