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Aug 1, 2007

TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE

* Italy - Iveco fit anti-theft laser technology to van, truck and bus range
Turin,Italy -TNN (UK) -31 July 2007: -- All Iveco vehicles, from 3.2 tonne Daily panel vans through to 44 tonne Stralis tractor units, are to be fitted with the latest vehicle glass and component security etching, marking and registration systems by Retainagroup... The new security systems are also being rolled out across all vehicles sold in the UK by Irisbus, Iveco's passenger transport division... Iveco will security mark the windows and major components of all vans, trucks and buses as original equipment and register vehicle and owner details on the International Security Register (ISR)...


* UK - Premium Replacement for MAN
London,UK -TNN -1 Aug 2007: -- Designer and manufacturer of bespoke plant transportation vehicles, SHAWtrack Services, has taken delivery of a further 12 new Euro 4 Renault Premium 370.26s... The Euro 4 Renault Premiums will be fitted with low profile beavertail bodies to be used by SHAWtrack's hire service arm, SHAWhire. The new trucks are part of the company's expansion and replacement programme, taking the place of its existing MAN vehicles. The reason for the move towards more Renaults was cited as the "far superior service network" provided by Renault Trucks, both in terms of after sales and back-up...



* UK - DAF XF105 Quartet Performing Well on Container Traffic
Manchester,UK -TNN -31 July 2007: -- With container traffic between the Far East and Europe at an all-time high, the UK subsidiary of China's leading logistics company has expanded its fleet with the addition of four DAF XF105s... Kerry Logistics (UK) Limited, based in Manchester, is using the DAFs to move containers out of the Trafford Park container terminal to points throughout the UK. The company also serves all the other major UK container ports and terminals...

* UK - Renault Takes Off at Heathrow
London,UK -TNN, by Gerald Woodgate-1 Aug 2007: -- Airline Handler, Plane Handling Ltd., has taken delivery of 10 Euro 4 Renault Premium 450.18 4x2 tractor units and six Euro 4 Renault Midlum 240.18 rigids, with a further 13 Renault Midlums on order... In an important conquest deal for Renault Trucks South, the trucks are the first Renaults to join the company's 66-stong fleet, replacing existing Volvo, MAN, DAF and Ivecos...

*UK - Stralis Active Day Tractors Replace Rigids
Glasgow,UK -TNN, by Gerald Woodgate-1 Aug 2007: -- Hewden has taken delivery of three new Stralis Active Day tractor units from Glasgow-based Iveco distributor Kerr & Smith... The three Stralis AD440S36T/Ps are operating with 13m long King step frame trailers and replace three 26 tonne rigid vehicles... The articulated combination offers the same manoeuvrability as a 6x2 rigid, combined with an increase in payload potential and a safer loading and unloading height for items of plant...

* Germany - MAN Ag profit climbs on European demand for new trucks
Munich,Germany -Market Watch/Dow Jones, by Christoph Rauwald -Jul 31, 2007: -- Truck maker and engineering firm MAN AG, Tuesday said net profit more than doubled in the second quarter, fueled by continued strong demand for new trucks in Europe as well as lower costs, and confirmed its outlook for the full year... The Munich-based company said net profit in the second quarter came in at EUR440 million, from EUR198 million in the same period last year, but below analysts' estimates of EUR591 million...



* UK - Maximum Flexability and Cost Efficiency for Avon Metals
London,UK -TNN -1 Aug 2007: -- Queen's Award for Enterprise winners, Avon Metals Ltd, which is privately owned by The Remet Company, has taken delivery of a new Volvo Euro 4 FM-380 6x2 drawbar, which can collect both recycled non-ferrous metals and deliver finished aluminium ingots, which they manufacture for the automotive and aerospace industries...

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