Hankook has been nominated for two categories in the 2011 National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) Tyres & Fast-Fit Awards (TAFF).
Tyres & Retreads
Arriva has moved to improve safety in the workplace by introducing free-standing barriers and retractable wall-mounted units from Tensator.
Health & Safety Legislation
Golf courses builder MJ Abbott has just purchased eight more Mercedes-Benz vans from local dealer Rygor Commercials, all of which feature low-emission Euro 5 engine technology.
Light Commercial Vehicles
The John Lewis Partnership has installed Daimler FleetBoard telematics hardware across its entire fleet of John Lewis and Waitrose heavy trucks, in a move it hopes will lead to a cut of at least 4% in vehicle carbon emissions.
TelematicsFollowing the decision by R&B in early 2010 to cease manufacture of commercial tail lifts, Ratcliff Palfinger has agreed to purchase the right to supply R&B commercial spare parts.
Tail Lifts
Since winning the Stoneridge time-saving challenge at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April, Carefoot & Sons (Transport) has upgraded 16 of its existing tachographs with Stoneridge SE5000 Exakt units – with the remainder of the fleet upgrade on order.
Tachometers
Arriva Italia has begun the installation of the diesel particulate filters from Hug Engineering AG, a Swiss company involved in the filtration of industrial, naval and railway engines.
Filtration Equipment & Systems
The latest arrival at JB Landscape might be the company's third 3.5-tonne Fuso Canter, but it is the first from the company's Euro 5 range.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Industry proposals to move to testing commercial vehicle brakes (freight and PSVs) against maximum authorised mass (MAM), rather than design weight, remain in abeyance.
VOSA TestingRisk of fire. The electrical cable may chafe at the bracket of the engine control unit. This may lead to malfunctions in the vehicles electrical system. In the worst case, the chafing could lead to a short circuit between unfused, positive cables and the bracket, whereby a risk of fire is possible. Install an edge guard at the bracket of the engine control unit to prevent chafing of the engine/transmission wiring harness. Vehicle ID: WDB9300342L458767 to WDB9342512L520462
Recalls
Outright purchase remains the most attractive method of acquiring light commercial vehicles, vans and company cars for small to medium size fleet operators, according to a survey by MIB Data Solutions.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Fleet management, contract hire and rental specialists Fraikin has been awarded a specialist commercial vehicle solutions contract to provide over 400 custodial cell vehicles to GEO Amey PECS (GEOAmey).
Security Equipment