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Oct 23, 2008

PRODUCTS * USA - Astrata Awarded Iraqi Government Contract

Iraq, first customer to use Astrata's new GLP100i tracking system

COSTA MESA, Cal,USA -PRNewswire-FirstCall/Lexis Nexis News -October 22, 2008: -- Astrata Group today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Iraqi Government for the supply of Astrata's next generation GPS Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management System, (Geo-Location Platform - GLP100i)... The contract, is for an initial 600 long-haul trucks of a total fleet of 20,000 vehicles. The end customer is the Ministry of Transport (MoT) of Iraq, who will own and operate the system... The GLP100i is a compact, technologically advanced GPS tracking device specifically developed to meet the rigorous demands of Fleet Management and Homeland Security applications...

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Aug 7, 2008

TRUCKS' PRODUCTS * Poland - AAM setting up factory in Dolnoslaskie

American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) intends to build its second production plant in the village of Stanowice near Olawa in Dolnoslaskie voivodship

Varsaw,Poland -Construction Portal Poland -6 Aug 2008: -- The new factory will stand on a 4,700 m² site, with offices accounting for 1,200 m² of this total. The plant will turn out drive system components for the automotive industry and take on roughly 100 employees... AAM manufactures drive systems and chassis for lorries, high-speed and passenger cars and buses. It has plants in 29 countries around the world, including in the USA, China, Mexico, Brazil and Great Britain...

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Aug 2, 2008

TRUCKS' PRODUCTS * Australia - Access platforms secure truck drivers

Sydney,NSW,Australia -SafeToWork -1 August 2008: -- NO BOLT Operations says it has solved the problem of truck drivers falling off trucks by building an access platform... According to the company, one in four truck drivers have admitted to having fallen off a truck. Despite the relatively low heights, these falls can often break bones and cause severe head injuries... Safeguards include helmets with chin straps, overhead harnesses, tarp spreaders and cargo nets... However, many of such solutions were difficult to deal with, too costly, or impractical... No Bolt had previously developed a fixed elevating loading dock with a handrail for drivers to connect themselves to. The new platform was designed to be quick and easy to use, light enough for one or two people to move, and strong enough to cope with the rigours of industry...

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Jul 10, 2008

TRUCKS' PRODUCTS * USA - North America's First Fleet Fully Integrated for Tire Pressure Monitoring

WABCO Boosts Fuel-Cost Savings for Maverick USA's Truck and Trailer Fleet

Brussels,Belgium -PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX (USA) -July 9, 2008: -- WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that Maverick USA, one of North America's largest motor carriers, has completed its first year of fleet operations equipped with nearly 1,000 WABCO IVTM integrated vehicle tire pressure monitoring systems, resulting in significantly improved fuel efficiency... The industry's first tire monitoring system designed for commercial vehicles and launched in partnership with Michelin in 2003, WABCO IVTM helps monitor air pressure in real time enabling optimum level which improves fuel efficiency through reduced road resistance...

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May 6, 2008

TRUCKS' PRODUCT: BATTERIES * USA

* Firefly Energy raises $16M for powered-up lead acid batteries

Peoria,ILL,USA -VentureBeat (Fremont,CA), By Jremy Jacquot -May 5, 2008: -- The Peoria, Ill., startup capped off a $16 million third round of funding to continue developing and marketing its carbon and graphite foam-based battery technologies for commercial and military use... Firefly, which claims its lead acid batteries are cheaper, lighter and more powerful than conventional ones, will release the Oasis battery this summer. Intended for use in long-haul trucks, the battery will power sleeper cabs when the truck’s diesel engine is idling to reduce fuel emissions...


* Mass. firm gets $12.5M plug-in battery contract

Watertown,Mass,USA -The Detroit News -6 May 2008: -- The United States Advanced Battery Consortium, an organization whose members are Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., announced the award of a $12.5 million plug-in hybrid electric battery technology development contract to A123Systems Inc. of Watertown, Mass... USABC awarded the contract in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy...

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Nov 15, 2007

PRODUCT * USA - American Cargo Ships Exousia's 1st Commercial RPA(R) Truck

Sugar Land,TX,USA -PRNewswire-FirstCall -- November 15, 2007: -- Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. announce that their first commercial "dry box" truck has been shipped from American Cargo Products to a Chevrolet truck dealer in Pennsylvania...
As originally announced, this truck was manufactured utilizing Exousia's RPA(R) sheets and TRUSSCORE(TM) panels... The TRUSS CORE sheets are then laminated on both faces with RPA “skins” to produce structural panels with substantial strength relative to weight. This strength is derived from a structural design similar to I-beam construction...

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Sep 17, 2007

TRAILER-MAKERS * UK - M&S Cuts Carbon With Teardrop Trailers

Marks & Spencer is set to become the first company in the world to use a revolutionary, new articulated trailer, whose teardrop shape reduces CO2 emissions by 20%, when compared to a standard cab-trailer fleet operation

London,UK -TNN -14 Sept 2007: -- Following successful controlled testing of a prototype, M&S has ordered the first 140 trailers, which have been developed and manufactured by Don-Bur, the market champions for innovative and operationally efficient commercial vehicle bodywork... The lightweight trailer can carry up to 16% more load – equivalent to 10,560 extra pairs of knickers - than a standard trailer. Its aerodynamic shape also delivers a 10% fuel saving. This shatters the long-held belief in the trucking industry that you cannot improve fuel efficiency without compromising load capacity... M&S’ 141 Teardrop trailers will reduce its carbon footprint by 840 tonnes every year...

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Aug 9, 2007

TRUCKS' PRODUCTS WORLDWIDE

TYREMAKERS' : * Japan - Bridgestone first half operating profit up 21%
Tokyo,Japan -Reuters -August 9, 2007: -- Top Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. posted a 21.3 percent rise in half-year operating profit as the yen weakened and sales grew, especially in higher-margin segments, and tweaked its recently increased forecasts for the full year... Operating profit for January-June was 102.01 billion yen ($852.6 million) while net profit rose 61.3 percent to 52.94 billion yen, the Tokyo-based company said today...

* Canada - Hy-Drive suffers fallout from manufacturing defect
Mississauga,Ont,CAN -The Toronto Star -8 Aug 2007: -- Hy-Drive Technologies yesterday admitted a design flaw in its hydrogen-injection system for diesel-powered engines has been costly. The system is designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions by injecting small amounts of hydrogen into the combustion chamber of a truck’s engine. CEO Tom Brown was quoted in today’s as saying the defect is not widespread, although it caused some on-board generators to crack after extended use... Shares in the company dropped 30% on the news...

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