Following the revelation of the its Euro 6 compliant heavy truck, called F-Max, in April 2017, Ford Trucks of Kocaeli, Turkey, is moving forward with expanding its distribution base in Western Europe through the appointment of private and independently-owned distributors, which it hopes to complete by 2023.

BRIST Axle Systems Srl used Busworld Turkey last month to display its latest independent steerable drive axle for medium-size buses and delivery vehicles.

FPT Industrial has acquired Potenza Technology, specialising in the design and development of electric and hybrid powertrain systems.

The first e-mobility contract in Italy for VDL Bus & Coach has resulted in four Citea SLF-120 electric buses being delivered to Milan's Malpensa Airport for operation between the car parks, terminals 1 and 2, and Cargo City.

Following its acquisition of Italian parts supplier, V. Orlandi, SAF-Holland has expanded its product range with trailer couplings and drawbar eyes for different applications.

Bus and coach builder, Iveco Bus, has signed an agreement with Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş for Otokar to manufacture buses and coaches under the Iveco Bus brand locally at its facilities in Sakarya.

Irizar e-mobility sl has won its first electric bus contract in Italy, taking the number of countries to operate Irizar electric buses to eight.

Iveco SPA and FPT Industrial with operational headquarters in Turin, the CV and powertrain brands of CNH Industrial N.V., and HFC/electric highway truck start-up, Nikola Motor Company, which formed a joint venture in 2019, have announced they are to manufacture the Nikola TRE electric tractor at Iveco's chassis engineering hub in Ulm.

Iveco SpA is now producing Eurocargo 'Glider' chassis in its Brescia factory, as part of a collaboration with UK-based electric drivetrain specialist, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

Iveco Defence Vehicles, a subsidiary of CNH Industrial NV, has won an order for potentially more than 2,900 high mobility heavy-duty  military trucks from the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.

Fiat Powertrain Technologies Industrial or FPT Industrial of Turin, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial NV, last month announced its agreement to acquire 100% of Dolphin N2, a start-up company formed in 2017 specializing in innovative internal combustion engine technology from global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy, Ricardo plc .

FPT Industrial, the powertrain division of CNH Industrial, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with battery producer, Microvast, aimed at an industrial and commercial co-operation to enable FPT Industrial to design and assemble battery packs in-house, at its facility in Turin, which would be then be offered on CNH Industrial vehicles and to third-party customers.