Allision Transmission Inc is to build additional facilities in Indiana as part of investment and growth strategy plans involving more than USD400m expenditure over the next few years.

With its first electric bus orders having taken place to Strasburg last December, series production has started for Alstom’s purpose-designed full electric 12m Aptis city buses at its two factories near Alsace.

Bus builder, is to launch at Busworld the electric Movitas, a modular and compact city bus, which is available in lengths from 8.20m to 10.45m.

Following the announcement in April 2018 by FX Meiller Fahrzeug-und Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG it was investing EUR22m in a new tipper production facility at Oed-Öhling, Daniel Böhner, CEO, when visiting Tip-Ex 2019 in Harrogate last month, said the new plant would be ready to move into by November this year and start of production was scheduled for February next year.

The first production model of the Mercedes-Benz flagship Actros 1851 LS 4x2 rolled off the production line at the Wörth plant on 21 May.

From June 2019, all Mercedes-Benz Sprinter production for the UK is to include Stop/Start technology as standard equipment.

FPT Industrial revealed new engines alongside the recent launch of the new Iveco Daily minibuses.

Mantella Srl launched its new, lightweight steel tipper trailer at Bauma 2019.

Low loader trailer specialist, Broshuis BV used Bauma 2019 in Munich last month to unveil a new range of pendular axle low loaders, the PL 2 HD range.

Iveco Bus launches new range of in-house minibuses, recently launched its new range of Daily Minibuses - available in diesel and alternatives energies.

Plaxton, the coach manufacturing division of Alexander Dennis Ltd, is supplying two-axle versions of its flagship Elite coach on Volvo B8R chassis.

Producer of specialist tankers, Whale Tankers Ltd, unveiled the UK’s first fully electric medium volume combination tanker at this year’s CV Show last month.