WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has earned a Gold Award in the 2017 Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. ELFA was recognized for the redesign of its flagship website at www.elfaonline.org, which provides user-friendly access to the latest information and resources concerning the $1 trillion equipment finance industry. The redesigned site launched in Fall 2016.

The Hermes Creative Awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, an international organization of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and free-lance professionals. Award entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, graphic design shops, production companies, web and digital creators and freelancers.

About ELFA
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) is the trade association that represents companies in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. ELFA members are the driving force behind the growth in the commercial equipment finance market and contribute to capital formation in the U.S. and abroad. Its 580 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers. For more information, please visit www.elfaonline.org.