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Mart Spends 110m-plus
• by Bryan Jarvis Carlisle-based Eddie Stobart has spent more than £20m on 1.000 new BoaHoy Tautliners and is ordering at least 400 new 4x2 and 6x2 tractors to haul them.......
Deckers Shift Drawbars Out
• Furniture manufacturer Alstons has ordered eight double deck trailers from Cartwrights following a 12month trial. The City trailers from the Altrincham-based builder feature......
Erfs For The Tightest Turns
• Waste management specialist Grundon is acquiring 10 new ERFs including three with drysteer systems for inner - city use. The Oxfordshire company needs vehicles able to turn......
11111to Three Leeds-based Mcfarlane Transport Is...
tandem-axle curtainsiders to triaxles running at 41 tonnes. It is also taking delivery of 21 new triaxle curtainsiders, boosting its trailer fleet to more than 120.......
Doubling Up Unidrug Distribution Is Spending £11m On 18 New
Montracon trailers and 16 Scania tractors. The trailers, which double the size of the fleet, have satellite tracking systems and door sensors. Montracon is also selling 29......
Eine Nit
Widnes-based tanker operator Suttons is sending the last of an 87-unit order to work in Europe and the Far East. The latest tankers. supplied by Sunderland-based MIX and Irish......
!ulundi° Out Market Leading Flush-door Manufacturer...
Hull is branching out. The company wants to move into the side door, insulated and refrigerated door market. while maintaining production of the Smoothliner and its range of......
High - Tech Semi E&s Frisby & Sons Has Its First Andover
trailer—for moving fork-lifts. Hauled by a Scania tag-axle 6x2. the unit has a double-cranked beavertail with full hydraulic toe ramps. electric winch and rampsynchronised......
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DaimlerChrysler chairman Bob Eaton is retiring after seven years. Eaton forged the alliance between Chrysler and DaimlerBenz in November 1998 and presided over a period of......