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• Following the recent launch of the range of Supra diesel overcab transport refrigeration systems, Carrier Transicold has published a comprehensive product pack. It includes details about the range and its major features, together with product spec sheets for all Supra systems. 3 There is also literature dealing with the control systems for the microprocessor and electromechanical versions, and a selection table. Copies are available direct from Carrier Transicold.
Contact: 01925 811170.
• DuPont has agreed to acquire the Herberts Group, the coatings business of Hoechst, for $1.89 billion. The acquisition, pending government approvals, would create the world's third largest coatings company, and the leading automotive coatings supplier with combined sales of $3.7 billion, employing 14,000 people.
• Finding the management information you want on the Internet can be tricky but management consultant Allery Scotts has established a site on the web which could provide answers. The site, www.alleryscotts.com, provides access to about 80 of the firm's own most requested client information sheets, covering many management topics. For example, there is a sheet about using the internet for marketing, one on selling a business, and another on the effectiveness of psychometric testing.
Contact: 01454 329713.
Flu delay
• Possible disciplinary action against Manchester haulier Barry Howard v.'as adjourned after North Western DTC Patrick Mulvenna was told Howard had flu. A maintenance agreement with a commercial garage was produced to the DTC along with Howard's latest accounts.
Licence lost
• Stirling haulier Sally Wilson's eight-vehicle licence was revoked when she failed to attend an Edinburgh disciplinary inquiry.
Eight down
• Maintenance problems, convictions and breaches of the drivers' hours and tacho rules have led to eight vehicles being suspended for two weeks from the 10-vehicle/eight-trailer licence held by Midlothianbased Veitch Brothers.
Change refused
• A bid by Newport, Gwentbased Russell Williams to change his operating centre for nine vehicles and two trailers was refused by South Wales DTC Alan Jenkins following opposition from neighbours.
Times imposed
• Conditions restricting operating times were imposed when C&A Wright Haulage, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, succeeded in increasing its licence from 14 vehicles and four trailers to 24 vehicles and 12 trailers. At a Mansfield public inquiry residents complained about noise; Wright agreed to a 5mph limit and to tarmac the access.
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