Trailer and bodybuilder, Cartwright Group, has invested in a fully programmable robotic welder to drive up productivity and efficiency at its South Manchester production facility.

Specialist steel producer, SSAB, says it is convinced good environmental stewardship also drives good business and is firmly committed to reducing its own carbon footprint and that of its customers and is promoting a programme called EcoUpgraded.

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

Schmitz Cargobull Telematics, a division of Schmitz Cargobull AG, has achieved GDP certification for its telematics systems.

Cement working equipment manufacturer, CIFA Spa, part of Chinese industrial group, Zoomlion Heavy Industry since 2008, is to present a new range of mobile cement equipment at Bauma 2019.

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

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

Alfdex AB, a 50/50 joint venture, between Swedish companies, Alfa Laval AB and Concentric AB, is to expand its manufacturing unit in China during the first half of 2019 in response to demand driven by China's initiative to improve their air quality, called the 'Blue Sky' action plan.

A consortium including Tata Steel, Lawrence David, SDC Trailers and Cambridge University has produced a prototype rigid-body trailer that reduces total un-laden weight by 2.5 tonnes.

Allison Transmission Inc is to supply 1000 Series and 2000 Series fully automatic gearboxes for the new Navistar International Class 4/5 vocational truck ranges.

Pailton Engineering, the steering system manufacturer, has invested in a low volume production cell specifically for small batch orders and pre-production sample manufacturing.

A right hand drive Iveco Stralis NP 460hp 6x2 demonstrator has been in the UK since October 2018.