Phillips Poland is making substantial investments in its European production facility in response to rapid growth in demand for its products in Europe. These investments are also to align its capabilities more closely with European and world wide markets.

Trailer manufacturing giant, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co (Utility) - a major manufacturer of refrigerated trailers, dry freight vans, flatbeds and Tautliner curtainsided trailers - is making ConMet Preset Plus wheel-end hubs its standard base specification on all Utility trailer models.

Detlef Borghardt and Dzeki Mackinovski have been elected new members of the board of trailer braking and suspension specialist, Haldex AB.

Carrier Transicold Europe, part of Carrier Global Corporation, has launched what it calls its first fully ‘autonomous,’ all-electric engineless refrigerated trailer system, the Vector eCool.

Trailer and bodybuilder, Great Dane, has appointed the Velocity Vehicle Group as a full-service Great Dane dealer.

The Board of Directors at truck and trailer connections and fleet data telematics specialist, Phillips Industries Inc, has made Rob Phillips (47) chief executive officer (CEO), effective March 15, 2020.

Dry van and refrigerated trailer builder, Great Dane, used the North America Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta last month to announce a technology partnership with Coretex of San Diego, a fleet management solutions supplier to roll out to the market Great Dane’s new FleetPulse smart trailer system.

In six months’ time,  Hendrickson International plans to start trailer axle and suspension production (April 2020) at a brand new plant in Navarre according to Gary Gerstenslager, president and CEO of Hendrickson speaking at the NACV Show in Atlanta last month.

SAF-HOLLAND Group and Lohr Industrie, a specialist in truck bodies and trailers for transporting cars, have entered a strategic partnership to advance the development of electric trailer axles.

Don-Bur (Bodies & Trailers) Ltd says it is offering a tyre pressure and inflation system with its trailers, from Pressure Systems International.

ORBCOMM Inc, provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has launched its next generation solar-powered GT 1200 series of devices as part of a comprehensive telematics solution for hassle-free trailer and container tracking including multiple sensor options, user-friendly applications and reliable cellular and optional satellite connectivity.

SSAB, the specialist steel producer with interests in Finland and across North America, is to introduce a new addition to its range of  1100 MPa Strenx performance steels at the Bauma event in Munich.