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Albions for Danish Bacon : The Leyland Motor Corporation has received a £140,000 contract from the Danish Bacon Factories Export Association for 70 Albion Chieftain tractive units to be used in conjunction with 400 refrigerated van semi-trailers supplied by the Pressed Steel Co. Ltd. (The Commercia1 Motor, last week). The tractive units will he fitted with multi-ratio gearboxes for maintaining high average speeds; 40 of them will be based at Grimsby and the remainder at Esbjerg with the 400 semi-trailers travelling constantly between the two countries. More Export Orders for Scammell: Recent export orders received by Scammell Lorries Ltd. include four Handyman Ill Ill-ft.-wheelbase tractive units. four Routeman Ill rigid eight-wheelers and ,one Contractor to be supplied to customers of agents Leyland Motors Ltd., New Zealand. Two Leylandengined Scammell Himalayan dump trucks have been ordered by Commercial Pegaso S.A...Spain, and three all-wheel-drive extra heavy duty dump trucks will he supplied to the Malayan forces. Agents Burns Philp Lae in New Guinea are taking two 3-ton petrolengined Scarab three-wheelers and 12 3-ton straight-frame semi-trailers.
More for Shell Transport: The dividends received by The Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. in 1964 from its 40 per cent net interest in the companies of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group amounted to £41.600,000, compared with £38.400.000 in 1963.
Calor-SRG Integration : Calor-SRG is the new trade mark of the integrated companies of Calor Gas (Scotland) Ltd. and Scottish Rural Gas Ltd. These companies now form the Scottish region of Calor Gas (Distributing) Co. Ltd. Existing trading systems will be retained under common management. Scottish Rural Gas activities on the northeast coast of England are being integrated with the northern region of Calor Gas (Distributing).
Key-Leather Expansion : The Key-Leather Co. Ltd. has acquired additional manufacturing and office accommodation at 137 Homerton High Street, London E9. All correspondence after May 4 should be sent to this address
BMC's Millionth : The British Motor Corporation's post-war exports to Europe have just passed the million mark, and the millionth vehicle—a Mini—is now on its way to Sweden. BMC (Sweden) will present it to the Swedish appeal for handicapped children, The total includes 220.000 commercial vehicles, 50.000 Nuffield tractors and 730,000 cars. The vehicles have earned £420m. in foreign currency for Britain and represent 27 per cent of BMC's total world exports of nearly 3.600,000 units.
M6 Extension in Westmorland : The route of a further 21 miles of M6 in Westmorland has been fixed. the Minister of Transport having made a scheme for the section between Killington Reservoir, near Sedbergh, and Hackthorpe, just south of Penrith, where it will join the proposed Penrith by-pass, the route of which was fixed last year. The new motorway will provide an alternative to the difficult and sometimes hazardous A6 route over Shap Fell.
Blackpool-Preston Road Scheme: Work will start shortly on a 0,180,000 scheme to relieve the heavy congestion on the Blackpool-Preston trunk road (A583) in Preston, Lancs. The scheme involves the widening of Watery Lane, close to Preston Docks, for a length of 950 yd. from West Strand to its junction with Pedders Lane, and the construction of a new road 2.800 yd. long across an area of peat to connect via slip roads with the existing trunk road at Old Lea Hall, Lea. Tarmac Expansion: A 44 per cent inter of UTC Quarry Holdings has been aequi by Tarmac, Roadstone Ltd., a wholly owl subsidiaty of Tarmac Ltd. UTC Qua Holdings is a subsidiary of United Tru port Co. Ltd. and has extensive quarry interests in Monmouthshire and Glamorg Mr. H. W Spencer, a director of Tara Roadstone, joins Mr. P. Pembro as jo managing director of UTC Quarry Holdin
BF Goodrich Makes Italian Agreement: technical agreement covering a variety. industrial rubber products has been sigi by International BF Goodrich bnd S. P Az..lndustria Articoli Gomma (SA1A of Citie, near Turin. Italy.
Record Year for Chloride Electrical: Duni 1964 turnover and profit of The Chlor Eketrical Storage Co. Ltd. reached rem
levels. Consolidated sales reach £38,928,000 compared with £34,365,000. 1963 and net profit attributable to the part company was 0,827,936 (0,582,948).
Sparshatt's New Workshq at Ashford
H. SPARSHATT AND SONS LT J. have erected a 6,000 sq. ft. wor shop and combined office block extremely modern design on a one-ac site in Brunswick Road, •Ashford, Kei The workshop is fully equipped ai staffed by five skilled commercial vehic fitters, two apprentices and a storema
The branch is now fully operationi with its own heavy-duty breakdov recovery vehicles, and is complementa to the company's activities in the sou of England as Leyland. Albion at Scammell distributors. Manager isM Ernie Oakes.