Bus manufacturer, Otokar, used the UITP Congress in Stockholm last month to launch its first full-sized electric bus.

Krone Commercial Vehicle Group has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of the Dutch moving floor trailer builder, Knapen Group, and includes its subsidiaries Knapen Trailers BV, Knapen Service BV and Trailned BV.

Turkish bus and coach manufacturer, Temsa SA, has won a major tender to supply 326 buses to Romania.

Electronics giant, Hitachi Ltd, last month launched a truck sharing service in Thailand to help improve road haulage efficiency in the country.

BYD Europe NV of Amsterdam, The Netherlands is planning to sell electric trucks in Europe starting with Spain through its network of forklift distributors.

The Hyva Group has announced effective June 1, 2019, it merged its Southern African operations, Hyva Southern Africa with independent truck crane dealer, Lift & Shift to form Hyva Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, which is to be based in Johannesburg.

Nokian Heavy Tyre has invested EUR70m in expanding its production facility in Nokia.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has confirmed an order for 90 Urbino 12 electric buses for Berlin operator, BVG.

Specialty chassis and full truck manufacturer, Spartan Motors Inc, has purchased the assets of General Truck Body and will begin operating a production facility located in Montebello, California.

Scania (Great Britain) Ltd officially opened its new UK Support Centre in Tongwell in May.

Fuel cell stack manufacturer, Powercell Sweden - a spinoff company from Volvo Group and set up as a separate entity in 2008 - has decided to open a sales office in China to better meet the strong increase in fuel cell technology in the Chinese market.

Volvo Bus Corporation announced at UITP in Stockholm an all-electric articulated bus with space for up to 150 passengers for market introduction from this autumn.