Transport logistics provider Pentalver has announced the commencement of a tender process for 30 Euro 6 trucks, due to be delivered in Q3 2014, as part of a wider fleet upgrade [...]
Ségolène Royal, the former partner of French president François Hollande, has proposed replacing the abandoned Ecotax measure that would have been directed at all trucks – French and foreign – [...]
Engine and turbocharger manufacturer Cummins is getting government funding to develop stop-start technology for truck and bus engines. Already in widespread use in light-duty applications, the technology shuts engines down [...]
New manufacturing base for Lumag and Breck brake pads
Published On: Wednesday 23 April 2014
CV friction materials manufacturer Lumag has opened its new production factory in Budzyń, Poland, which it says will help ensure a favourable market position for its Lumag and Breck brake [...]
CV Show: TomTom Telematics to exhibit new driver terminal
Published On: Tuesday 22 April 2014
Visitors to this year’s CV Show (NEC Birmingham, 29 April – 1 May) will get a first look at TomTom Telematics’ new ruggedised seven-inch driver terminal, the latest edition to [...]
Livestock equipment manufacturer IAE has recently taken delivery of its first Euro 6 Stralis Hi-Way tractor unit (AS440S46TX/P) from Sherwood Truck & Van, with a further two identical vehicles on [...]
Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show that the UK truck market declined by one-third in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last [...]
Hopes are high for first Renault Range C concrete mixer
Published On: Thursday 17 April 2014
Cardiff-based P&T Woodruff Haulage Ltd, contract haulier for Hope Construction Materials, has taken delivery of the UK’s first Renault Trucks Range C430 X Load 8×4 with a McPhee Mixers (Glasgow) [...]
Independent metal recycler and scrap company J Sanders & Son has recently switched to VDO TIS-Web for its tachograph analysis. The Tavistock, Devon-based company, which has been operating for over [...]
