Trucks
Europe behind the high delivery volumes for Volvo Trucks in February
Volvo Trucks deliveries in January and February 2007 totalled just over 15,000 vehicles, an increase of five percent compared with the same period last year. It is above all the strong delivery figures in Europe that have contributed to this increase.
Volvo one step nearer commercially-viable heavy vehicle hybrids
Volvo’s hybrid technology programme has been presented to politicians and the media at a meeting in Brussels hosted by Volvo Trucks and introduced by Malcolm Harbour, the West Midland MEP.
Scania receives important order in Russia
With an order for 144 trucks from X5 Retail Group, Scania is consolidating its position as the largest western European make in the fast-growing Russian market.
Volvo FE is great addition to Shearline’s fleet
Shearline Steel Strip Ltd – the UK operation of the Bilstein Group, Europe’s leading producer of precision carbon steel strip – has added a Volvo FE 26 tonne rigid to its fleet. The sleeper-cabbed 6x2 rear-steer truck forms a key part of the Kingswinford, West Midlands company’s ‘just-in-time‘ delivery offering on smaller-scale steel deliveries.
DAF auto eight-wheeler turns muck into brass
Turning muck into brass by helping move a million tonnes of rubbish to landfill sites that are then turned into golf courses, is part of the everyday work of a new DAF automatic eight-wheeler on Merseyside.
DAF delivers concrete results in Cambridgeshire
Reliability, overall performance and good driver acceptance are the key reasons why a Cambridgeshire company has chosen to bring another DAF into its nine-vehicle mixer fleet.
DAF 105 helps ensure accuracy in axle weighing
A DAF XF105 two-axle tractor unit now in service with Runcorn company Axtec (Axle Weight Technology Limited) is helping to check the enforcement by VOSA of vehicle axle weight limits.
DAF helps 240 year old company spin a good yarn
A DAF LF45 is helping a family firm in Yorkshire maintain a 240 year tradition in textile spinning.
DAF XF105 forms backbone of Merseyside fleet
Completion of a fleet renewal programme by Liverpool container specialist JMD Haulage Limited has seen 20 DAF XF105 tractors become the backbone of the company’s 50-strong fleet. The 105s are working out of the UK’s major ports for customers such as Atlantic Container Line for whom they are the main UK haulier.
Volvo now makes it even easier to find the right used truck
Volvo Trucks has launched a new version of its Web-based search service for used vehicles – Volvo Truck Finder. New functions allow the customer to specify demands in greater detail and the search process is now faster and more user-friendly. This provides greater access to the full range of used trucks on offer.
New Iveco Stralis range announced for UK market
Iveco UK has revealed the first details of its new Stralis heavy truck range, which was launched internationally in Rome on March 13 and will receive its official UK launch at next month’s Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC, Birmingham (April 24-26).
Nottingham City Council take UK’s first Volvo FE gritter
Nottingham City Council has added the UK’s first Volvo FE gritter - the seventh Volvo in their fleet -citing previous experience of Volvo’s reliability in winter conditions as a major factor.
D.E.M. Brown’s lightweight Volvo FM delivers heavyweight results
Continuing a 15-year history with Volvo, feed and grain transporters D.E.M. Brown Ltd of Bedale, North Yorkshire, have taken delivery of an FM-440 tipper from Volvo Dealer Crossroads Truck and Bus at Boroughbridge.
Iveco Stralis to take centre stage at CV Show 2007
Iveco is preparing to exhibit a full range of vans and trucks together with products from Irisbus and Iveco Motors / Fiat Powertrain Technologies at the Commercial Vehicle Show 2007.
Volvo FH-460 clears the runway with Foster Contracting
In-depth engineering support tipped the balance for Foster Contracting when the Essex-based road and runway maintenance specialists chose a Volvo FH-460 as the foundation for their Osprey 3000 ultra high pressure water jetting unit - the largest of its kind in the world.