Hino Motors Corporation in April began construction of a new assembly plant in Khimki, near Moscow, to supply the local market with light and medium trucks.

DAF Trucks Ltd reported it retained its dominant position in the UK truck market for the 24th year in a row, ending 2018 with registrations of 11,373 vehicles to give it a 27.2% share of the market above 6.0 tonnes gross vehicle weight; these registrations and market share was according to Robin Easton, managing director of DAF Truck UK, speaking ahead of the CV Show in Birmingham last month.

Daimler Kamaz Rus, the joint venture between Daimler AG and Russian partner, PSJC Kamaz, has opened a new truck cab production facility in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Kennis, a brand of material handling specialist, Hyva BV, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, introduced its Hyva Kennis e-Power rolloader crane at the Bauma event in Munich early this month.

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.

Trailer brake specialist, Haldex AB, has announced it was working in close cooperation with a leading truck manufacturer to evaluate brake solutions for connected, autonomous, electric vehicles.

Cummins Inc has provided eight all-electric drivetrains installed in vans for operation with the United States Postal Service.

Daimler AG's proposed restructuring has been approved by a majority of its shareholders.

The Commercial Vehicle Show 2019 held in Birmingham in late April saw the Dublin-based distributor; LDV UK & Ireland Ltd unveil its second all-electric purpose-built van, the EV30.

Continental Tyre Group Ltd for the past nine months or so has been making its tyre pressure monitoring system (ContiPressureCheck system) available via Microlise’s on-board telematics in-cab display.

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.

FEV, the Aachen-based engineering services consultancy specialist revealed a new 48-volt electric drive axle system at the Vienna Motor Symposium in May.