Continental and U.K. Makers Meet
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THE object of the visit of Continental heavy-vehicle Makers to this country, to which we made reference last week, is to secure a closer contact between the British and Continental concerns in this field, and, generally, to consider the recommendations of the Geneva Conference of 1949 on Road Transport, convened by U.N.O.
• The constitution of the visiting party was arranged by the Bureau Permanent International des Constructeurs d'Automobiles of Paris. It comprises the following:—Belgium: M. Kauffmann, director, Research Department F.N. (Fabrique • Nationale &Armes de Guerre). France: M. R. de Mercy, secretary general, Bureau Permanent International des Constructeurs d'Automobiles; M. Paul Panhard, president and director general of the Societe Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Panhard and Levasseur; M. Jean Donnay, director of the Societe Anonyme des Usines Chausson; M. Bernard Langlois-Meurinne, secretary general of the Chambre Syndicate (ik. Constnicteurs d'Autornobiles. Germany: Dr. Staniewicz, director, Bussing; Herr Stump, Daimler-Benz. Italy: Dr. log. A. Alessi°, general manager, AlfaRomeo; Dr. Ing. E. Codeca, director, Spa (Industrial Vehicle Department of Fiat); S. Beccaria, technical director, " 0.M." Netherlands: De Heer Jr. J. C. Goodkoop, director. Kromhout Moforen Fabriek, N.V.; De Heer J. Van den Berg, general manager, Van Doorne's Automobil Fabriek, N.V.
The first conference was held last Monday, and the main stumbling block in respect of any semblance of unity between design in Britain and on the Continent proved—as was expected—to be in connection with the matter of restrictive legislation in this country.
On the first visit of this kind it is not, however, intended to be much more than informal, but it is giving the Continental representatives a good opportunity of meeting the leaders of our heavy vehicle industry and of exchanging ideas.