DEX Heavy Duty Parts LLC, a Volvo Group subsidiary and supplier of recycled, renovated and surplus medium and heavy-duty truck parts, is expanding its operations with the opening a second facility in Oklahoma City.

Palfinger Tail Lifts Ltd has reached agreement with RLP Distribution Ltd, a specialised parts distribution company and part of the Motus Vehicle Solution Division of Motus Holdings (UK) Ltd, to stock and distribute Palfinger spare parts centrally on its behalf for the UK market.

Allison Transmission Inc is investing in a new vehicle testing facility to facilitate further innovation in the industry.

Cummins Inc is to supply electric drivetrains to specialist vehicle maker, Kalmar, a division of Cargotec AB.

Kögel Trailer GmbH, a semi-trailer manufacturer and sister company of Humbaur GmbH, recorded revenues of EUR530m in 2018, an increase of 17% on EUR450m in 2017.

Temsa Germany has expanded its vehicle parc and aftersales network in Germany with deliveries to Tholen Reisen.

Volvo Trucks North America LLC has developed an ergonomically advanced workstation within the cab as an option for its VNL 760, 740 and VNX 740 heavy-duty sleeper truck models.

As part of the management plan for its European operations and on-going restructuring of its production, the Wielton Group has announced that last year it bought from the receivers of the Italian Trailer Company, the large factory in Tocco da Casauria, run formerly under Merker trailer name.

At the end of last year Mann+Hummel’s ‘Filter Cubes’ were successfully installed in Stuttgart at a busy road junction in the district of Neckartor to reduce the level of fine dust pollution.

From the second quarter 2019, Mobility Networks Group is to supply Japan's Hato Bus Company with lifts for a selection of its tourist coaches – notably those designated for inbound tourists.

Blue Bird Corporation has upgraded the specification of all its school buses equipped with air suspension to include electronic stability control and reversing camera systems as standard equipment.

Electricity transmission system operator, TenneT BV and Daimler AG, through its Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH subsidiary, via a joint development partnership have announced they have researched and tested the feasibility of using used electric vehicle batteries as ‘second life’ storage devices of electricity in the national grid.