Emissions-control systems provider Eminox has announced plans for a “multi-million pound” expansion of its Gainsborough manufacturing headquarters.
Emissions Control
Renault Trucks has announced that Ryan Thorne from its Exeter dealerpoint is about to embark on the prestigious Master Technician programme.
Apprenticeships
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £53 million deal with MAN Truck & Bus UK for the modernisation of its logistics fleet.
Lifting & Handling
Rushlift’s ground support equipment (GSE) division is using bespoke wireless mobile column lifts, from TotalKare, to maintain equipment at Gatwick Airport.
Workshop
Parcel delivery company DPD has opened the UK’s first all-electric parcel depot in Westminster, central London, and unveiled plans for seven more all-electric sites in the capital.
Electric Vehicles
Recycling business Warrens Group has taken delivery of a 16-tonne IVECO Eurocargo Natural Power, which it is fuelling with biogas produced from its own food waste collections.
Alternative Fuels
Derbyshire-based operator RM Hadfield Haulage has taken delivery of the first four of a 14-vehicle order of Volvo FH-500 6x2 Lite tractors, citing payload, fuel economy and total cost of ownership as reasons for the deal.
Tractor Units
Heavy machinery transporter Joseph Merritt Group is investing £1.4 million in additional transport and lifting equipment, as part of its five-year growth strategy.
Lifting & Handling
Shire Aggregates has specified Michelin tyres for 12 new MAN 32-tonne 8x4 tippers and adopted a Michelin policy as standard for future tyre purchases, after a two-year “eye-opening” trial revealed savings of £26,000 a year.
Tyres & Retreads
Global transport and logistics business DSV has taken delivery of its 1,000th truck in the UK from MAN Truck and Bus.
Tractor Units
Truck maker IVECO has announced that a Stralis NP truck from the UK has set a new record, travelling from London to Madrid on a single fill of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Alternative Fuels
SDC Trailers has marked 40 years in the business with an open day for customers and suppliers at its Toomebridge factory, followed by a celebratory dinner in Belfast.
Semi-Trailers