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Association Profile: Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA)

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Equipment Leasing and Finance Association LogoThis feature is the fifth in a series profiling associations connected to the heavy equipment industry. These important associations are the collective voice of the people who manufacture, buy, sell, rent, and finance equipment, ensuring they have the resources they need and that their voice is heard.

Association Snapshot

Name: Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA)

Year Founded: 1961

HQ: Washington D.C.

Members:

ELFA has six levels of membership. Regular Membership is open to companies involved in financing equipment, while Associate Membership is available to companies that don’t finance equipment, but are Read more »

Association Profile: Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

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Associated Equipment Distributors LogoThis feature is the fourth in a series profiling associations connected to the heavy equipment industry. These important associations are the collective voice of the people who manufacture, buy, sell, rent, and finance equipment, ensuring they have the resources they need and that their voice is heard. 

Association Snapshot

Name: Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

Year Founded: 1919

HQ: Oak Brook, IL in Chicago area

Members:

  • Independent equipment distributors that sell, rent, and provide aftermarket support for construction equipment and related equipment and products
  • Manufacturers of construction and related equipment and products
  • Suppliers of business services, including finance, insurance, business systems/ERP and others

AED members distribute, rent and Read more »

Association Profile: Independent Equipment Dealers Association (IEDA)

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IEDA LogoThis feature is the third in a series profiling associations connected to the heavy equipment industry. These important associations are the collective voice of the people who manufacture, buy, sell, rent, and finance equipment, ensuring they have the resources they need and that their voice is heard.

Association Snapshot

Name: Independent Equipment Dealers Association (IEDA)

Year Founded: 2002

HQ: Victor, NY, southeast of Rochester

Members:

There are two categories of membership in IEDA. One category is open to independent equipment dealers (Standard membership). The association by-laws define an independent dealer as company who is not a main line dealer of CAT, Komatsu, Volvo, John Deere or Case.

The second membership category is open to Read more »