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guest for cleaner and more efficient vehicles is the growing dependency on electronics, Fuel-system control, ABS and ESP, even heaters and radios, all rely on electronic control units to function, and when they go wrong, their replacement cost can be crippling. ACtronics, a Dutch company with a UK presence, offers remanufacturing services for a wide range of electronic components at a fraction of the replacement cost. Currently, the service mostly covers the volume car market, but a wide selection of light commercials up to 3.5 tonnes are also catered for. As an example of trade pricing, most engine control units and ABS units cost between 15(1) and £200. Instrument clusters available include Citroen Dispatch at £80 and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Vito at £109. All units are guaranteed for two years, and where appropriate, incorporate any technical advances made since their original manufacture, which could be up to 12 years ago.
• www.actronics.co.uk
Paragon Software Systems Paragon Software Systems nas launched its latest software suite hal :moons tachograph data directly into its transport optimisation programme. It assesses a driver's statistics and allocates shorter trips to those who worked the most hours and longer journeys to those with more working time available. William Salter, MD of Paragon Software Systems, says: "Transport planners can use the software to assign work evenly across their drivers, using accurate historical ola7,, rnported automatically from Tachomaster."
• www.paragonrouting.com