TRUCKS PRODUCTS * WORLDWIDE
* Belgium - WABCO introduces trailer theft prevention system
Brussels,Belgium -The Trucker News Services -27 Jan 2010: -- WABCO Holdings has introduced Trailer Immobilizer, a security innovation that the company said significantly increased protection against trailer theft as an additional function in the company’s trailer electronic braking system (EBS)... WABCO Trailer Immobilizer is an electronic system with high security that blocks the wheels of a parked trailer to help prevent theft or unauthorized use... The driver activates Trailer Immobilizer by entering a PIN code via SmartBoard, an easy-to-use control box that graphically displays the trailer’s critical real-time operating information in a choice of 15 different languages... (Photo: WABCO Trailer Immobilizer is an electronic system with high security that blocks the wheels of a parked trailer to help prevent theft or unauthorized use)
* Belgium - Wabco’s roll stability system now covers all of Europe
Brussels,Belgium -Fleet Owner, by Brian Straight -Jan 27, 2010: -- With its final certification by TUV Nord Germany, Wabco Holdings’ roll stability support for trailers has now gained approval for use in all 27 countries in the European Union (EU), and in 20 other countries worldwide in accordance with the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe’s Regulation 13 for braking... The certification paves the way for approval by the German Federal Authority for Road Transport, the company said... The EU has instituted new regulations that require vehicle stability functions with roll-over control for semi-trailers and heavy trailers, both with air suspensions and up to three axles, for new type approvals from July 2010 and for new registrations from July 2011...
* USA / Massachusetts - Bose Corporation Introduces the Bose Ride™ System for Heavy-Duty Trucking
Framinghan,MASS,USA -Business Wire/Earth Times -27 Jan 2010: -- Bose Corporation today announced an entirely new kind of product for the trucking industry... The new Bose Ride™ system replaces a conventional air-ride truck seat with a Bose® suspension base and an integrated, custom-designed seat top. It provides over-the-road truckers with an unprecedented level of protection from road-induced shocks and vibration... (Picture from nichecarstudio)
* UK - Curved to cut CO2
Northampton,UK -HGV UK -January 27, 2010: -- The Delivery Co., the Northampton-based specialist logistics provider for members of the PaperlinX group, has introduced the UK’s first eight teardrop-bodied distribution vehicles into service... Branded ‘Curved to cut CO2′ and based on 26-tonnes gross vehicle weight Scania chassis and equipped with bodywork by Don-Bur... All eight vehicles are built on Scania 6×2 chassis featuring 320 horsepower Scania Euro 5 engines with Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Scania Opticruise automated gear selection systems... The low-height chassis are fitted with double-deck teardrop bodywork to enable the carriage of mixed loads of paper and plastic sheets, while the normal-height vehicles will be used primarily for paper-only loads... (Photo from hgvuk: Curved Scania truck)
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