Flexair Spring Additions

• Axle manufacturer Rubery Owen-Rockwell is to launch two air suspensions in the spring which will replace its current 9,000kg-plus Flexair 2 and 11,000kg-plus Flexair FLO41......

Cattle Twin-decker

• The first 13.6m twin-decked livestock semi-trailer from GR Commercials of Cheadle, has entered the fleet of Crick-based Midland Meat Packers and another has been ordered. Its......

Swap Body Assault

• Adamson Modular Systems of Stockport and Archer Engineering (Leeds) are intent on entering the UK's intermodal swap body market. . Adamson, formerly part of the Tiphook group,......

Boalloy Designs New Bodies For Customers

• Specific operational needs has led to Boalloy changing its designs to suit customers. Fleming Howden of Clydebank needed the Linldiner body on its Mercedes 1314 rigid to have......

Vulcan's Lift

• US-made 'Ladd& hydraulic underlifts for new or existing vehicles have been added to Peter & David Cosby's Vulcan range of recovery equipment. The two to 25 tonne lifts have an......

Mobile Moler

• British Gas North Eastern has taken delivery of six 7.5-tonne AWD TL 8-14s, including one fitted with a Hiab crane and "guided moling" system for laying services.......

-astra Prices

• Vauxhall has announced prices for its new Astravan, which goes on sale this month. They are: Merit 1.4i Cat: £7,190; Merit 1.7D: £7,640; LS 1.4i Cat: £7,500; LS 1.6i Cat:......

Cobra's Choice

• Cobra Railfreight of Wakefield has taken its first Norteck-designed steel coil carrier semi-trailer to operate at up to 46,000kg (STGO Cat 1). The urn-long unit with its 9.0m......

• Loughborough Bodybuilder Southfields Is To Offer Its...

to other manufacturers. BRS's bodybuilding division has bought 22 of the kits.......

Air Breaks

• French hauliers are being offered tax incentives to fit their trucks with fuel-saving air deflectors under a 12-month national campaign to cut industrial energy consumption.......