Schwarzmüller cited increasing materials and energy costs, and “an unsteady market environment”, as factors which contributed to the lower sales figures in 2023.

Set to go to market in Q1 2024, this safety system is designed to reduce the risk of accidents, extend the service life of the tyre and minimise fuel costs (and CO2 emissions) by optimising tyre pressure and therefore performance.

Following approval of the transaction by competition authorities, Berger will benefit from access to the Schmitz distribution network and associated services, including connectivity through the ‘TrailerConnect’ platform.

The Kässbohrer K.SPA M is an extendable heavy-duty platform developed by Kässbohrer in 3- and 4-axle versions and is available in different height options that can be coupled with mega and standard trucks.

The company successfully completed a week-long demo tour of both its battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 Tractor and its HFC Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck at Tyrol, in the Alps in Austria, at an altitude of 1,560 metres.

The company said that the first customer orders will be fulfilled from Q3 2023 onwards. 

As part of its environmental services remit, MUT manufactures municipal truck bodies for waste collection, street cleaning, and sewer treatment.

Paletar announced she has removed the position of CEO and reshuffled the management following her acquisition of all the company shares.

The Austrian trailer builder’s performance in 2022 outstripped its sales in the previous year by 9% (EUR409m).

AVL announced the appointment of Matthias Dank as a board member and Executive Vice President of the Instrumentation and Test Systems Division; Dank joins from McLaren where he occupied the role of Director of Motorsport.

Testing of the Iveco Bus / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), is set to expand from Germany into Austria, Italy and Switzerland in March 2023 in order to collect more complex road data and ultimately go into series production.

Volta Trucks stated that it is starting the year strongly with customer production orders filling the first 300 manufacturing slots of the battery-electric Volta Zero.