The Benalu Group at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon held last November announced a group turnover of EUR170m and that it now employs more than 1,000 people in France and Poland.

Jean-Philippe Ferjoz, former commercial director at Renault Trucks has been appointed managing director at Krone France SAS to replace Philippe Lamberet, who was retired.

Transport group, Keolis, having already established full electric bus rapid transport systems in several French cities, has inaugurated the first 100% hydrogen fuelled BRT system using eight 18m fuel cell powered articulated vehicles from Van Hool in the city of Pau.

Following the successful launch of its camera monitoring system called Smart-Vision in markets across Europe, Vision Systems, is to exhibit its mirrorless solution at the UMA Motorcoach Expo this month.

‘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.

“In five years, i.e. by 2025, we will no longer have available diesel trucks from 7.5 tonnes up to 26 tonnes,” stated Rémi Lemoine, responsible for alternative solutions at Volvo Trucks France, at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon last month.

DAF Trucks NV has reinforced its presence in the Paris region of France by establishing a new dealership in Louvres, just north of the French capital.

Specialist trailer builder, Van Hool NV, is initiating a new sales push of its container and swap body chassis in France.

The Volvo FH I-Save, which was launched on the market in June this year, has been returning higher customer fuel economy of between -10 and -12% than the -7% as previously stated by Volvo Trucks, announced Christophe Tharrault, Président de Volvo Trucks France at the Solutrans Show in Lyon last month.

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.

Specialist heavy haulage trailer manufacturer, Nooteboom BV, revealed its latest generation of its Longrunner lightweight extendible flatbed trailer at the Solutrans exhibition in Lyon.

ION Energy, a recent start-up company, specializing in battery management systems and energy diagnostic solutions, has been engaged to supply its technology to another relatively new company in France, IBS Technologies.