Archive for the ‘UK’ Category

  • Dashcam footage protects driver

    on Aug 31, 16 • in News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Dashcam footage protects driver

    Dramatic new SmartWitness dashcam footage captures the terrifying moment a boy is hit by a van and has a very lucky escape.  It shows once again how fleets can protect their drivers by having in-cab CCTV in all their vehicles.  

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  • Paragon boosts home delivery software team

    on Aug 31, 16 • in News, UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Paragon boosts home delivery software team

    Paragon has expanded its development and support teams to help meet growing demand for home delivery management software. The company has recruited five new team members at its offices in Hull, made up of three software developers, a support analyst and a training consultant. This strengthening of Paragon’s technical capabilities is part of its commitment to creating and implementing sophisticated omni-channel delivery and order fulfilment systems

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  • Hannon Transport takes 40 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers

    on Aug 30, 16 • in News, UK • with Comments Off on Hannon Transport takes 40 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers

    Hannon Transport has taken on 40 Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers, armed with the manufacturer’s revolutionary TrailerConnect telematics system

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  • Prestone Command Coolant keeps fleets on the road

    on Aug 29, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Prestone Command Coolant keeps fleets on the road

    Routine maintenance and unplanned repairs can be expensive and time consuming for vehicle users and cooling system maintenance can account for up to 40 per cent of all heavy duty vehicle downtime. Prestone Command Coolant, designed for any engine, in any industry, was created specifically to help fleet managers and vehicle owners stay on the road, reduce downtime and minimise costly repairs

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  • Knorr-Bremse launches new aftermarket brand

    on Aug 29, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Knorr-Bremse launches new aftermarket brand

    Knorr-Bremse is set to launch a new brand,TruckServices which will deliver its full range of aftermarket services in the future. Knorr-Bremse TruckServices offers an expanded portfolio of products to underpin its claim to provide reliable, economical solutions for diagnostic, maintenance and repair work on commercial vehicles of any type or age

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  • Kumho makes impactful return to truck tyre market

    on Aug 28, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Kumho makes impactful return to truck tyre market

    For some years, Kumho was an influential player in the UK and Ireland commercial tyre market before temporarily withdrawing from the segment. It has now returned with a vengeance – complete with a new sales structure and better products than ever before

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  • Self loading truck to debut at Hanover

    on Aug 28, 16 • in UK • with Comments Off on Self loading truck to debut at Hanover

    A truck than can automatically drive itself into a bay for loading or unloading could save drivers critical time and reduce the risk of accident or injury, claims the manufacturer. The self-loading feature is among a series of autonomous technologies to be found on Knorr-Bremse’s ‘Future Truck’ concept, which will make its debut at next month’s IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany

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  • Continental driving forward CV connected technologies

    on Aug 28, 16 • in Latest News, UK • with Comments Off on Continental driving forward CV connected technologies

    Continental is driving forward connected technologies in commercial vehicles with safer and more efficient solutions that are even more convenient

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  • Scania introduces new truck range

    on Aug 25, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Scania introduces new truck range

    Scania is introducing a new truck range, the result of ten years of development work and investments in the region of SEK 20 billion. With the new range, Scania is extending its offering and can now, thanks to its unique modular system, supply more performance stages, connectivity and a comprehensive palette of productivity-enhancing services as well as sustainable transportation solutions that are precisely customised for each type of customer in the highly comp­etitive transportation industry. The promise is that Scania’s customers will always be able to carry out their work in the most sustainable and

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  • Iron Knight breaks two world speed records on Goodyear truck tyres

    on Aug 24, 16 • in UK, UK News • with Comments Off on Iron Knight breaks two world speed records on Goodyear truck tyres

    Volvo Trucks’ ‘The Iron Knight’ has broken two world speed records for trucks on Goodyear tyres – making them the fastest truck tyres in the world

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