Kögel Trailer GmbH has appointed Luigi Meclea as sales director for Romania and Marius Popescu as key account manager for Romania.

Alfdex AB, a 50/50 joint venture, between Swedish companies, Alfa Laval AB and Concentric AB, is to expand its manufacturing unit in China during the first half of 2019 in response to demand driven by China's initiative to improve their air quality, called the 'Blue Sky' action plan.

A consortium including Tata Steel, Lawrence David, SDC Trailers and Cambridge University has produced a prototype rigid-body trailer that reduces total un-laden weight by 2.5 tonnes.

Allison Transmission Inc is to supply 1000 Series and 2000 Series fully automatic gearboxes for the new Navistar International Class 4/5 vocational truck ranges.

Stoneridge Inc has entered a strategic partnership with Velociti Inc, a provider of technology deployment and support services based in Riverside.

Pailton Engineering, the steering system manufacturer, has invested in a low volume production cell specifically for small batch orders and pre-production sample manufacturing.

Volvo Group says it has set aside a provisional sum of SEK7bn during the fourth quarter 2018 to deal with potential claim costs associated with a degrading emission control component issue in its commercial vehicles.

Meritor Inc has developed its Aftermarket product training programme for dealers, distributors, fleets and service garages to include live, instructor-led, interactive distance training.

A right hand drive Iveco Stralis NP 460hp 6x2 demonstrator has been in the UK since October 2018.

CNH Industrial NV is conducting an organisational restructuring aimed at laying the foundation for accelerated global growth and profitability through strengthening and re-focusing its Global Executive Committee (formerly named “Group Executive Council”).

Scania (Great Britain) Ltd has launched a fully built-up skip-loader based on its 18-tonne gross vehicle weight New Generation P-series chassis.

Deepblue Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd, a Artificial Intelligence specialist, revealed its latest developments in transportation, called the Smart Panda Bus, at the latest China New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Summit in Shanghai, last month.