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AEC In Portugal Reach Om.: New orders received from Portugal by AEC Ltd. bring the total from this country in 1963 to Om. The latest contracts call for 115 buscs and coaches and 96 trucks and tractive units. The buses will all be Reliances, comprising 88 chassis sets for inclusion in integral buses to be built by UTIC, and 27 orthodox chassis. The largest of the truck orders is for 55 Mammoth Major 6 x 4 heavy haulage units powered by AV760 diesel engines.
Semi-Trailers from Stock: Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. have opened an additional bay of nearly 20,000 sq. ft. for the assembly of Vanguard vans, containers, and insulated refrigerated and open-top vans at their North Walsham factory. This has freed space for increased production of standardized semitrailers, which as a result are now available from stock.
Telehoist Beat Financial Deadline: 80 tons of hydraulic tipping gear is bound for India one month after being ordered from Telehoist Ltd. of Cheltenham. A total of 356 sets of underbody tioping gear to be fitted to locally produced vehicles, ordered in October by Premier Automobile Co. Ltd., Bombay. had to be delivered in India by the end of December to beat a financial deadline on foreign exchange spending for 1965, Night and week-end work was necessary.
New YEWCO Office: Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co. (Bradford) Ltd. has now opened a southern area office at 63 Stephens Chambers, Bank Court, Hemel Hempstead. I-Ierts (Tel. : Hemel Hempstead 54483). Scammell Speeds Production Scammell Lorries Ltd. can now offer delivery within six to eight weeks of all standard rage straight-frame, single-axle semi-trailers with both fifth-wheel and automatic coupling. In addition, many types are available for immediate delivery. This has resulted from the new production of semi-trailers now in full swing at Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Works at Basingstoke as well as at the Moor Park Works in Watford.
New Address: Cummins Diesel Sales and Service Ltd. have moved their sales headquarters to Westland House, Curzon Street, London WI (Tel: GROsvenor 5964/5).
Thirty for Bolton: Tenders are to be invited by Bolton Corporation transport committee for the supply of 30 30-ft. front-entrance rear-engine double-deck buses, 15 for delivery during the year ending March 31, 1968, and 15 during the year ending March 31, 1969.
ECGD Move: The Bradford office of the Export Credits Guarantee Department has now moved to West Riding House, Cheapside, Bradford 1. The telephone and telex numbers remain unchanged (Bradford 25147 and telex 51161).
First Welsh Motorway: The first length of motorway to be opened in Wales will be part of the £5m. Port Talbot motorway by-pass, which will open to traffic next Wednesday, De;emher 15. This section will be I+ miles long and will carry westbound traffic from Pentyla to Baglan roundabout.