Ici Distribution Buy-out

• Two new managementowned companies have taken over ICI's distribution operations at Billingham and Severnside. The multi-million-pound deals follow months of talks between ICI......

Hire Options From Shelvoke Dempster

• Refuse vehicle manufacturer Shelvoke Dempster now offers contract hire and shortterm rental options to its local authority customers. Claimed benefits of the contract hire......

Per Ardua

• Contract hire firm Lex Vehicle Leasing has supplied 32 Bedford Astra vans to Tenco Industries.......

More Room In Hull

• North Sea Ferries is seeking an additional freight berth in Hull which would have six sailings a week to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.......

Fruehauf Sells

• Troubled American co pony Fruehauf, which formerly owned Crane Fruehauf, is selling its big US truck-trailer operation to Terex for £139 million.......

Boosting The Fleet

• Birmingham-based motor dealer Evans Halshaw plans to boost its CV contract hire fleet by more than 40% to 500 vehicles this year. Last year, the company boosted its pre-tax......

Dawson Offers D-b Drawbars

• Drawbars are now being offered on spot hire by Dawson Rentals Truck and Trailer Hire. The company has bought two Volvo F10 Eurotrotters with Don-Bur Spacemaster 11 and......

Hdl Saxon 7500 Wins Asda Order

• Hillsdown Distribution's bodybuilding arm, HDL Saxon, has developed a lightweight body called the 7500 series. HDL has won orders for 25 of the reefer trailers from......

Cummins Sales Up

• Sales at Cummins Engines last year rose 20% to $3.3 billion (21. 94 billion). Continuing restructuring costs and intense price competition, however, resulted in a net loss of......