• TIP Trailer Rental celebrated its 18th year of operations
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in this country last week, with the opening of a new depot in Grays, Essex, the town where TIP opened its first UK depot.
Chief Executive Jim Cleary says the new one hectare depot in Oliver Close will have capacity for up to 150 trailers, and a total of 325 trailers will be based there.
Cleary said, "Eighteen years ago we established the company's first depot in Grays, with a Portacabin in a field. It's amazing to me that we have come so far. By the end of this year we will spend million on trailers."
▪ Rockwell International has sold the Motor Pressings Division of Rockwell Automotive to the Parkfield Group. Motor Pressings Division currently manufactures chassis and side members for a number of vehicles includ. ing the Range Rover.
Rockwell International says the sale of MPD is inline with its plans to concentrate on the manufacturing of aides in Europe.
• Dorset County Council has appointed transport consultants from Deloitte Haskins and Sells to review their future strategy options for the effective control and maintenance of the Council's fleet to include Transportation and Engineering, Fire, Education and Police vehicles.