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.

Tiger Trailers has begun deliveries of its Lightweight Clearspan Curtainsider trailer, following a six-month development programme in conjunction with Tata Steel Ltd.

Evobus GmbH has received a record order for 56 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric urban buses from ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH.

Articulation systems specialist, Hübner GmbH & Co KG has added to its product portfolio for the bus and rail industries with the acquisition of Gummi-Welz GmbH und Co KG, a producer of rubber sealing, insulation and isolation materials and glass-fibre reinforced plastic products for the transportation industry.

Horizontal moving floor specialist, Cargo Floor BV has announced it has started construction work to expand its assembly plant in Coevorden by some 10,000 square metres – the extension is expected to improve production efficiency through shorter and more efficient internal logistic movements, the company said.

The first VDL Citea SLFA-180 Electric has entered service in Orléans and is operated by Keolis Métropole Orléans. 

Producer of specialist tankers, Whale Tankers Ltd, unveiled the UK’s first fully electric medium volume combination tanker at this year’s CV Show last month.