Specialist semi-trailer manufacturer, Benalu Group, has announced development of Easy Security, the first fully connected tipping semi-trailer in the world, so the company claims.

‘Road’ was the name of a collaborative project with refrigerated trailer specialist, Jean CHEREAU SAS, four industrial partners and some institutional partners initiated to develop the reefer semi-trailer of the future: It was a three year project representing an investment of EUR5.5m that this has resulted in a four new products or areas of improvement for the Avranches-based company.

Gray & Adams, a supplier of temperature-controlled semi-trailers and rigid vehicle bodywork, has designed an automated loading pod, built inside an extra-long 15.6m refrigerated body, which can hold up to 60 pallets at temperatures as low as -22 degrees C.

Silencio is the name the nitrogen refrigeration system by Frappa Group of Davezieux for its medium and heavy-duty refrigerated rigid trucks and semi-trailers.

SAF-HOLLAND Group and Lohr Industrie, a specialist in truck bodies and trailers for transporting cars, have entered a strategic partnership to advance the development of electric trailer axles.

Bridgend-based Backwatch Safety Products is launching a long-life version of its TICK GPS tracking device, which offers battery life of around 10 years making it ideally suited for fitment on containers or trailers.

The Dearman-Hubbard transport refrigeration unit, designed by the Dearman Engine Co Ltd, built by Hubbard Products Ltd and which is fitted to a Paneltex semi-trailer, has started a one month demonstration tour in Europe.

Carrier Transicold UK Ltd plans to present its flagship next-generation temperature-controlled trailer refrigeration system – the Vector HE 19 – for the first time in the UK at the CV Show.

Kögel Trailer GmbH has appointed Luigi Meclea as sales director for Romania and Marius Popescu as key account manager for Romania.

Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH & Co KG is doubling its production capacity for swap bodies and Dry Liners at its production plant in Herzlake.

Schmitz Cargobull AG claims to be the first trailer manufacturer in Europe to produce single-piece Ferroplast (insulated) side walls for refrigerated box bodies with a total length of 16.80 metres.

Transport refrigeration specialist, Carrier Transicold Europe SCS, has introduced a range of new developments, first seen at the 2018 IAA exhibition last year.