Next month’s Commercial Vehicle Show (25-27 April; NEC, Birmingham) will feature new live elements, including a dedicated seminar area where keynote speakers will discuss industry challenges and opportunities, along with technological developments.
CV Show
Norfolk’s Coach Services and Dudley-based Dunwood Travel have both returned to Scania for new coaches, citing product reliability and service as key to their decisions.
Bus & Coach
Crane hire and lifting business Leitch Trans Lift has taken delivery of its first new Mercedes-Benz vehicle, a high-spec Arocs 8x4.
Rigids
Direct Commercial Ltd (DCL) has won an accolade at the Commercial Insurance Awards, thanks to its SmartWitness-based solution, called Camatics, which uses cameras and telematics.
Liquid waste management and drainage specialist Wales Environmental has taken delivery of its first Euro 6 vans – three Mercedes-Benz Sprinters which, says the operator, were chosen for their reliability and durability, following positive feedback from its first 5-tonne Mercedes-Benz 516 CDI.
Light Commercial Vehicles
Refrigerated trailer maker and bodybuilder Gray & Adams is celebrating its 60th anniversary, but will have its eyes firmly on the future at next month’s CV Show (25-27 April; NEC, Birmingham), when it showcases a 44-pallet lifting-deck trailer built to the latest specification.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Microlise has announced that senior UK policymaker Dr Rupert Lewis will join the line-up of key figures speaking at the Microlise Transport Conference, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on 17 May.
Telematics
SDC Trailers has announced that it will be lining up five trailers at next month’s Commercial Vehicle Show (25-27 April; NEC, Birmingham).
Longer Semi-Trailers
Topps Tiles has taken delivery of 20 new MAN trucks, after the vehicle manufacturer beat several other leading truck makers in a tender for the tile specialist’s order.
Rigids
Thermo King has launched an all-electric, vehicle-powered refrigeration unit for small delivery trucks and vans.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Several leading semi-trailer manufacturers will be taking centre stage at the forthcoming Commercial Vehicle Show, on 25-27 April at the NEC, Birmingham.
Trailers
Six DAF apprentices have received much-deserved praise after coming to the rescue of a pregnant Bristol woman who was stranded with a flat tyre.
Apprenticeships