• CV Show: Rozone to boost fleets’ battery management

    Published On: Tuesday 2 April 2013

    As the UK partner of the Midtronics battery testing and charging programmes, Rozone will be showcasing its battery management techniques which it says have delivered significant savings for its customers [...]

  • CV Show: Alfatronix launches PowerTector battery guard product

    Published On: Wednesday 27 March 2013

    Voltage conversion specialist Alfatronix will use the impending Commercial Vehicle Show to launch its new solid state battery guard low voltage disconnect product.  The PowerTector Battery Guard is a solid [...]

  • C&H puts pen to paper in 40-truck New Actros deal

    Published On: Tuesday 26 March 2013

    Paper haulier and distributor C&H (Hauliers) Ltd has invested in 40 Mercedes-Benz tractor units and 34 high-volume SDC curtainside trailers, in a £4m fleet overhaul. The trucks were supplied by [...]

  • Pullman deploys Eclipse Jaltest kit to streamline fault diagnosis

    Published On: Friday 22 March 2013

    Pullman Fleet Services, the maintenance and repair arm of distribution giant Wincanton, has invested in diagnostic equipment from Eclipse Automotive Technology for its national network of 32 service centres. Pullman [...]

  • Plant Speed invests in £1m Merc Actros Titan rig

    Published On: Friday 15 March 2013

    Heavy haulage specialist Plant Speed is running the most expensive truck ever sold by Mercedes-Benz in the UK – a mighty Actros Titan which, together with its new Scheuerle modular [...]

  • Bevan bodies deliver weight savings for Bensons

    Published On: Thursday 14 March 2013

    Bedroom furniture retailer Bensons for Beds has been delivering to customers with the first of a new generation of 7.5-tonne trucks with streamlined bodies, which are 500kg lighter than those [...]

  • Cartwright trailers help Hermes deliver improved fuel consumption

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Delivery giant Hermes has recently ordered 300 Fastback trailers from Cartwright. The new 13.6m trailers are part of a fleet replacement programme and have been selected to improve fuel consumption, [...]

  • Heavy-duty Allison applications showcased at Munich

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Visitors to the bauma 2013 exhibition in Munich this year (15-21 April) will be able to see various examples of how construction and mining operators are specifying Allison fully automatic [...]

  • New North London main dealer for Isuzu Truck

    Published On: Wednesday 13 March 2013

    Isuzu Truck UK has announced the appointment of a new main dealer to cover the North London area. The new company, based at the Trafalgar Trading Estate in Enfield, is [...]