Hankook Tire is to build its sixth global manufacturing plant – this one in Liang Jiang Xin Qu, Chongqing Municipal, China – its third in that country.
Tyres & Retreads
Site work at HRVS Ripley, MAN's truck centre in Ripley, is ahead of its planned start in the new year as an official VOSA ATF (authorised testing facility), according to the company.
VOSA Testing
Brake failure on a van has been averted using patented contactless engine management technology from vehicle tracking company Masternaut.
Telematics
L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage has taken delivery of the first four of 24 new 8x4 Renault Kerax rigids, ordered through Renault Trucks Chiltern.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Chambers Waste Management reports satisfaction to date with its first full-sized low-entry cab truck – a Mercedes-Benz 26-tonne Econic 2629LL.
Municipal Vehicles
Volvo Trucks is testing hydraulic front-wheel truck drives in the forestry industry, where gross weights of 74 tonnes, and steep, slippery forest tracks make haulage difficult.
Engine/Transmission Management
A rigorously applied tyre management policy is leading to high mileage from the tyres used by Ireland's leading independent coach operator.
Tyres & Retreads
Lincolnshire-based Browns Chilled Distribution has nothing but praise for its new medium-length Sprinter 313CDI LCVs.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services has supplied 27 new MAN gritters to highways contractor Connect Plus, a consortium of Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis.
Municipal VehiclesRisk of fire: air-conditioning system may malfunction, due to fuse block being too weak. This could result in the risk of electrical current leak in the fuse block, which could, in turn, result in a...
Bus & Coach
A compact all-electric delivery vehicle, with ranges from 112 to 300 miles, top speed of 46mph and 400kg payload, has been launched by Elecscoot.
Electric VehiclesAfter 37 years, Ross & Bonnyman has ceased manufacturing commercial vehicle tail lifts, and Ratcliff Palfinger has acquired the assets of its spare parts business.
Tail Lifts