Hella GmbH & Co. KgaA, specialist in automotive lighting and electronics, and the Fraunhofer Application Centre for Inorganic Phosphors are co-developing a prototype lighting system for the future, based on laser technology.

Mercedes-Benz Vans, a division of Daimler AG, is introducing vehicle drive style monitoring as standard on all new Sprinter and Vito Tourer models.

Continental Tyre Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental UK Group Holdings Ltd has acquired R&J Strang Tyre Services Ltd, to strengthen Continental’s overall commercial fleet services offering across the UK and Ireland.

The Traton SE, which includes the Industrial Business segment and the Financial Services segment, reported group revenues in the first half of 2019 had increased 7% to EUR13.5bn, up from EUR12.6bn in the previous first-half year, and that group operating profit had increased by EUR212bn, or the equivalent of 25% to EUR1.075bn.

Mahle Group is adding a new business unit, Mechatronics, for electronics and mechatronics, indicating a strategic orientation toward alternative powertrain technologies.

The Netherlands - Stadtwerke Osnabrück is expanding its electric bus fleet with a further 49 VDL Bus & Coach Citea SLFA-181 articulated buses.

Daimler Buses has received a purchase order for 44 Euro VI chassis from Transit Systems in Australia. It is the biggest single order for Daimler's bus division in Australia for more than a decade.

The SAF-Holland Group, supplier of truck and trailer components, and the Humbaur Group's Kögel Trailer GmbH, have concluded a multi-year contract for the delivery of trailer axles and landing gears with an envisaged contract value in the low three-digit million range.

Akasol AG, a producer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems for commercial vehicles, has announced plans to open a production facility in the metro Detroit area of Michigan, USA.

Krone Commercial Vehicle Group has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of the Dutch moving floor trailer builder, Knapen Group, and includes its subsidiaries Knapen Trailers BV, Knapen Service BV and Trailned BV.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has confirmed an order for 90 Urbino 12 electric buses for Berlin operator, BVG.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has developed a dual lens camera, Dual-cam, specifically designed for the commercial truck market and to be used in concert with other ZF ADAS technologies.