Martrans, the bulk handling manufacturing division of Hull’s Paneltex Ltd, unveiled a full-width hydraulically driven belt discharge prototype trailer at Tip-Ex 2019 in Harrogate last month.

Whale Enterprise Pvt Ltd - a wholly-owned subsidiary of liquid waste vacuum tankers and jetting equipment manufacturer, Whale Tankers Ltd, established in 2012 - is being expanded by 10,000 square feet increasing the existing manufacturing space by 50%, according to Chris Anderson, commercial director at Whale Tankers.

From June 2019, all Mercedes-Benz Sprinter production for the UK is to include Stop/Start technology as standard equipment.

FPT Industrial revealed new engines alongside the recent launch of the new Iveco Daily minibuses.

KTH and Scania AB, have extended their current agreement to strengthen their long-standing partnership.

Mantella Srl launched its new, lightweight steel tipper trailer at Bauma 2019.

Low loader trailer specialist, Broshuis BV used Bauma 2019 in Munich last month to unveil a new range of pendular axle low loaders, the PL 2 HD range.

Huntsman Advanced Materials has announced availability to the European commercial vehicle market, two new fast curing acrylate adhesives, Araldite 2050 and Araldite 2051, as the latest additions to its expanding structural adhesives portfolio.

BPW Ltd said at last month’s CV Show said it was on schedule to have assembled 250,000 trailer axles by September this year, a significant milestone since it began assembling axles some ten years ago.

Iveco Bus launches new range of in-house minibuses, recently launched its new range of Daily Minibuses - available in diesel and alternatives energies.

Following an announcement by ZF Friedrichshafen AG at the end of 2016 that it was forming two joint ventures in China with Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd to produce and sell commercial vehicle transmissions, the second of these two joint ventures - ZF Foton HCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co Ltd, which is 51% owned by ZF and set up to build its heavy-duty TraXon transmission for trucks and coaches in China - has started production at a new production facility in Jiaxing.

Plaxton, the coach manufacturing division of Alexander Dennis Ltd, is supplying two-axle versions of its flagship Elite coach on Volvo B8R chassis.