Record Sales

• Sales of trucks above 3.5 tonnes in Western Europe reached a record of 324,000 last year. This compares with 316,000 in the previous record year of 1979, and 220,000 in 1982.......

!lino First

• The first Hino to be fitted with a Telehoist Line-Flow allsteel dumper body and 22C65 tipping gear has joined the fleet of Roger Collingbourne Demolition. The FS271 6x4 tipper......

Awd Orders

• Hull-based plant hire specialist Peter Hird & Sons has acquired three AWD TLS-14 trucks fitted with Simon 1_135 access platforms which it hires out to local authorities for......

Seddon's Slimline Tonic

• Seddon Atkinson is working closely with the Cornish Brewery to produce a sfirnline brewery vehicle for high street deliveries in the West Country. Brewery distribution mana......

Six Stratos For Shaw

• Pallet maker WH Shaw & Son has bought six Seddon Atkinson Strato twin-steer tractor units in a deal which includes full maintenance. The company, based near Oldham, says it......

British Gas Benefits From Longer Vans

• The Scottish region of British Gas has taken delivery of four Iveco Ford vans, which are 1.2m longer, but weigh virtually the same as the other 7.5-tonners in its 1,600-strong......