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9 June 2009
The Commercial Vehicle Show partnership is delighted to announce, after several weeks of consultation with transport sector suppliers, that the “Commercial Vehicle Operator Show” will be launched in Spring 2010 and be held from 13-15 April at Birmingham’s NEC.
Latest IRTE guide champions tail lift safety
28 May 2009
Each year, approximately 50% of all tail lift accidents reported are attributed to people falling from, or slipping on, tail lifts or from being struck by a falling load. Realising the need for best practice processes in this area, the IRTE have now launched a crucial new guide, Preventing Falls and Falling Loads from Tail Lifts.
Test station closure plans provoke angry opposition
1 April 2009
Plans by the government and its Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to close the Steeton goods vehicle test station in West Yorkshire next month, together with two others in Cornwall and Cheshire (Transport Engineer February), are facing increasingly angry opposition from vehicle operators, maintenance contractors, a trades union representing VOSA employees and the local Labour Member of Parliament.
Goodyear ups the ante in truck and bus retreads
1 April 2009
Competition in the truck and bus tyre retread market looks set to be ratcheted up as another leading tyre-maker sets out to win a larger slice of the business. Goodyear has introduced a range of premium retreads aimed primarily at operators using Michelin’s long-established Remix retreads.
Plastisol aims to pick up where TVAC left off
1 April 2009
A leading Dutch manufacturer of fire-appliance bodywork has set up a wholly-owned British subsidiary. Plastisol already has a big share of the UK market for fire-appliance bodywork but sales are thought to have slipped back following AssetCo's acquisition 16 months ago of its former UK agent, TVAC of Leyland, Lancashire (Transport Engineer January 2008).
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