Trailar Ltd, a new producer of solar-powered electric systems used to provide supplementary electrical energy for use with on-board ancillary equipment in trucks and buses, is seeing fast-growing demand for its products.

Keith Walking Floor Europe UK Ltd announced last month that by fitting its KEITH V6 V-Floor into 25 Cuthbertson salt spreaders allows the spreader to be used during the summer as well as the winter.

Foton Motors Philippines Inc has launched two new light commercial vehicle models in the Philippines to meet booming local demand for public utility vehicles – the vehicles are built to government specifications and designed to eventually replace the ageing fleet of Jeepneys as the main local public transport vehicles.

VPG Onboard Weighing Systems Ltd is rolling out its latest on-board weighing systems for vans and trucks, representatives at the company at Tip-Ex 2019 in Harrogate announced last month.

Renault Trucks UK Ltd announced at Tip-Ex/Tank-Ex 2019 in Harrogate last month it has expanded its range of ready-bodied trucks for the construction industry.

Whale Enterprise Pvt Ltd - a wholly-owned subsidiary of liquid waste vacuum tankers and jetting equipment manufacturer, Whale Tankers Ltd, established in 2012 - is being expanded by 10,000 square feet increasing the existing manufacturing space by 50%, according to Chris Anderson, commercial director at Whale Tankers.

Alpha Drives, a manufacturer and supplier of power take offs, has recently developed and launched offset power take-offs for Bharat Benz truck models 1214, 2523, 3123 and 3128  fitted with the G85 and G131 gear box for the retail market.

Tata Motors Ltd has won an order for 200 fully-built refrigerated trucks from Kool-ex Cold Chain Ltd, a cold chain logistics service provider specialising in the pharmaceutical industry.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd in response to changes in Indian permitted axle load standards, is now making available revised axles on two of its BharatBenz trucks.

Peterbilt Motors Company expects to have no fewer than 30 pre-production medium and heavy-duty trucks in operation by the end of this year.

Transportation Power Inc, an advanced clean transportation technology company, established in 2010 and based in Escondido, and Meritor Inc of Troy, a manufacturer of axles and brake systems announced last month completion of two multi-year projects for the development, testing and evaluation of advanced, zero-emission electric yard tractors and Class 8 trucks.

In February this year, a number of leading brands involved in the supply of hydrogen and in fuel cell electric vehicle manufacture - namely Air Liquide, Hyundai, NEL, Nikola Motor, Shell and Toyota - signed a Memorandum of Understanding for hydrogen fuelling components, for the purpose of testing state of the art heavy duty hydrogen fuelling hardware to assist in standardization and speed to market of fuel cell electric trucks.