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29/10/2008	TISS LATEST PRESS RELEASES- TISS NEW STANDARD AND IMPREGNABLE ANTI-SIPHON DEVICES	The world’s leading anti-siphon provider, TISS security systems, manufacturer of many of the UK’s most innovative security devices for trucks and commercial vehicles, has launched an improved version of its already very successful TankSafe “Standard” anti-siphon. Ryan Wholey, TISS’ Managing Director, commented: “excellence is our core value, our business aims at perfection in every single aspect. Despite the original TankSafe ‘Standard’ anti-siphon being a very successful product, we are delighted that the product has been enhanced further and it is NOW an even better deterrent to third party fuel theft.” Visit our website for full details. http://www.tissltd.com
02/10/07	2008 CV Show sell-out in sight	With more than six months to go before the CV Show opens next April, its organisers say they have sold 82% of space at what they believe will be the biggest road transport show of its type in Europe. "Demand for space is at a premium, we've record numbers of exhibitors taking bigger stands and a lot of companies booked to exhibit for the first time," said David Sedgley, CV Show chairman. "Next year's CV Show is going to be bigger and better than ever, with over 600 firms selling everything from accessories to wiper blades." New exhibitors include Shell UK's lubricants division, van fittings and accessories firm Edstrom, van and truck body-builder Trumac and municipal operator WCR Vehicle Hire. Freuhauf, Lakeland Tankers, Land Rover, LDV, Refrigerated Vehicles Limited and Smith Electric Vehicles are among those with bigger stands booked. More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk
02/10/07	Bleak outlook for biofuels?	"Improving energy efficiency in transport has much greater potential and at lower cost than promoting biofuels for reducing energy supply vulnerability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." This is one of the summary conclusions of the 29 page report 'Biofuels: Linking Support to Performance' for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Transport Forum. More from Esther Martin-Ortega on +44 (0)2 073 449 264 or emartin-ortega@smmt.co.uk
02/10/07	Dealers may struggle with Type Approval	One of the unexpected conclusions from the recent whole vehicle type approval seminars was that van and truck dealers may face the biggest struggle with the whole vehicle type approval laws that start to bite from 2009. "Dealers do 99% of van and truck registrations and they are most likely to get caught out by the 'no approval, no registration, no sale' red line," said Robin Dickeson, manager commercial vehicle affairs for the SMMT. "They will need to ensure that body-builders talk to chassis makers and suppliers and that customers are kept in the loop too." The traditional route of delivering a chassis to a body-builder and then getting it back a few days or weeks later for PDI and registration without knowing more than the colour and weight of the body simply won't work. "All the parties will need to agree who will run the show and who will be responsible for the whole vehicle approval; otherwise no-one will get paid. In most cases, it looks like the dealer will need to take responsibility for this one." More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk
02/10/07	Euro 6 emissions consultation results	The European Commission just published the comments to the consultation on the future Euro 6 emission levels for vans, trucks and buses over 3.5 tonnes. They are at www.ec.europa.eu More from Esther Martin-Ortega on +44 (0)2 073 449 264 or emartin-ortega@smmt.co.uk
02/10/07	How to estimate Type Approval costs	Both the SMMT and Vosa have produced papers looking at the likely costs a firm may face when tackling the forthcoming Whole Vehicle Type Approval laws. The Vosa paper covers predicted test fees. These are likely to be higher then present. "But those Vosa fees, whatever they are, will be but the tip of an iceberg," said Robin Dickeson, manager commercial vehicle affairs for the SMMT, speaking at each of the recent type approval seminars. "The big costs will be in the changes to planning, production, and management needed to deliver the essential conformity of production standards. These are more difficult, as each firm may start from a different point, but all will to meet the same standards." These are covered in the SMMT paper. Written by Colin Wilde, the Society's authority on type approval engineering, the free document covers the wide-ranging issues that a firm will need to take into account and shows a number of ways to cut costs by careful planning. More from Colin Wilde on +44 (0)2 073 449 239 or cwilde@smmt.co.uk
02/10/07	Lloyds TSB does £24m deal with Corus	Lloyds TSB Autolease says Corus in the UK has extended its fleet management contract for another three years. The deal covers a fleet some 1,800 strong and will be worth up to £24m by the end of 2009. Corus takes around 600 new vehicles each year. More from Lawrence Hamilton on +44 (0)1 614 477 251 or lawrence.hamilton@lloydstsbautolease.co.uk
02/10/07	Tractor sales take off for MAN	MAN says it UK tractor sales are up 36% to 2,761 over the last twelve months, putting the firm in second place in the UK tractor sales league. Des Evans, MAN chief executive in the UK says the firm has 2,700 trucks on order and due for delivery this year, with a similar number due in 2008. "Of those, some 1,500 are for the new TGS and TGX ranges." Evans was speaking to the press during the two-week UK launch event for the new models, at Millbrook. The top of the range TGX V8 is, he says, the most powerful production truck in Europe, offering 680 hp. Realistically, Evans doesn't expect to sell large numbers of these - they'll only be available in two axle, left hand control form initially. He expects the volume, around 3,000 sales in 2008, to come from the more modestly powered TGS models, aimed at fleet operators and with power outputs at 320 to 480 hp. More from Paul O'Malley on +44 (0)1 263 715 900 or paul@hallspr.com
02/10/07	Truckers protest at fuel duty hike	The Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association want the government to drop its planned two pence a litre fuel duty hike, planned for today. The two trade associations joined forces again to ask Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer to freeze the planned fuel duty increase and introduce a fuel rebate scheme instead. The FTA and RHA say that today's increase will exacerbate the problems for domestic truckers trying to compete with foreign trucks running on cheaper continental fuel. At a time when the world price of oil is itself almost at a record $80 a barrel, from Monday duty on diesel in the UK will be 50.3 pence a litre compared with a European average of just 22.7 pence a litre. More from Geoff Dossetter on +44 (0)1 892 552 255 or gdossetter@fta.co.uk
13/06/07	Don-Bur spends £2 million	Trailer maker and truck body-builder says it has invested invest £2 million in new chassis and component making facilities, including plasma cutting and beam welding gear. More from Richard Owens on +44 (0)1 782 599 666 or richard.owens@donbur.co.uk

29/10/2008

TISS LATEST PRESS RELEASES- TISS NEW STANDARD AND IMPREGNABLE ANTI-SIPHON DEVICES

The world’s leading anti-siphon provider, TISS security systems, manufacturer of many of the UK’s most innovative security devices for trucks and commercial vehicles, has launched an improved version of its already very successful TankSafe “Standard” anti-siphon.
Ryan Wholey, TISS’ Managing Director, commented: “excellence is our core value, our business aims at perfection in every single aspect. Despite the original TankSafe ‘Standard’ anti-siphon being a very successful product, we are delighted that the product has been enhanced further and it is NOW an even better deterrent to third party fuel theft.” Visit our website for full details.
http://www.tissltd.com

02/10/07

2008 CV Show sell-out in sight

With more than six months to go before the CV Show opens next April, its organisers say they have sold 82% of space at what they believe will be the biggest road transport show of its type in Europe. "Demand for space is at a premium, we've record numbers of exhibitors taking bigger stands and a lot of companies booked to exhibit for the first time," said David Sedgley, CV Show chairman. "Next year's CV Show is going to be bigger and better than ever, with over 600 firms selling everything from accessories to wiper blades." New exhibitors include Shell UK's lubricants division, van fittings and accessories firm Edstrom, van and truck body-builder Trumac and municipal operator WCR Vehicle Hire. Freuhauf, Lakeland Tankers, Land Rover, LDV, Refrigerated Vehicles Limited and Smith Electric Vehicles are among those with bigger stands booked.

More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk

02/10/07

Bleak outlook for biofuels?

"Improving energy efficiency in transport has much greater potential and at lower cost than promoting biofuels for reducing energy supply vulnerability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." This is one of the summary conclusions of the 29 page report 'Biofuels: Linking Support to Performance' for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Transport Forum.

More from Esther Martin-Ortega on +44 (0)2 073 449 264 or emartin-ortega@smmt.co.uk

02/10/07

Dealers may struggle with Type Approval

One of the unexpected conclusions from the recent whole vehicle type approval seminars was that van and truck dealers may face the biggest struggle with the whole vehicle type approval laws that start to bite from 2009. "Dealers do 99% of van and truck registrations and they are most likely to get caught out by the 'no approval, no registration, no sale' red line," said Robin Dickeson, manager commercial vehicle affairs for the SMMT. "They will need to ensure that body-builders talk to chassis makers and suppliers and that customers are kept in the loop too." The traditional route of delivering a chassis to a body-builder and then getting it back a few days or weeks later for PDI and registration without knowing more than the colour and weight of the body simply won't work. "All the parties will need to agree who will run the show and who will be responsible for the whole vehicle approval; otherwise no-one will get paid. In most cases, it looks like the dealer will need to take responsibility for this one."

More from Robin Dickeson +44 (0)2 073 449 222 or rdickeson@smmt.co.uk

02/10/07

Euro 6 emissions consultation results

The European Commission just published the comments to the consultation on the future Euro 6 emission levels for vans, trucks and buses over 3.5 tonnes. They are at www.ec.europa.eu

More from Esther Martin-Ortega on +44 (0)2 073 449 264 or emartin-ortega@smmt.co.uk

02/10/07

How to estimate Type Approval costs

Both the SMMT and Vosa have produced papers looking at the likely costs a firm may face when tackling the forthcoming Whole Vehicle Type Approval laws. The Vosa paper covers predicted test fees. These are likely to be higher then present. "But those Vosa fees, whatever they are, will be but the tip of an iceberg," said Robin Dickeson, manager commercial vehicle affairs for the SMMT, speaking at each of the recent type approval seminars. "The big costs will be in the changes to planning, production, and management needed to deliver the essential conformity of production standards. These are more difficult, as each firm may start from a different point, but all will to meet the same standards." These are covered in the SMMT paper. Written by Colin Wilde, the Society's authority on type approval engineering, the free document covers the wide-ranging issues that a firm will need to take into account and shows a number of ways to cut costs by careful planning.

More from Colin Wilde on +44 (0)2 073 449 239 or cwilde@smmt.co.uk

02/10/07

Lloyds TSB does £24m deal with Corus

Lloyds TSB Autolease says Corus in the UK has extended its fleet management contract for another three years. The deal covers a fleet some 1,800 strong and will be worth up to £24m by the end of 2009. Corus takes around 600 new vehicles each year.

More from Lawrence Hamilton on +44 (0)1 614 477 251 or lawrence.hamilton@lloydstsbautolease.co.uk

02/10/07

Tractor sales take off for MAN

MAN says it UK tractor sales are up 36% to 2,761 over the last twelve months, putting the firm in second place in the UK tractor sales league. Des Evans, MAN chief executive in the UK says the firm has 2,700 trucks on order and due for delivery this year, with a similar number due in 2008. "Of those, some 1,500 are for the new TGS and TGX ranges." Evans was speaking to the press during the two-week UK launch event for the new models, at Millbrook. The top of the range TGX V8 is, he says, the most powerful production truck in Europe, offering 680 hp. Realistically, Evans doesn't expect to sell large numbers of these - they'll only be available in two axle, left hand control form initially. He expects the volume, around 3,000 sales in 2008, to come from the more modestly powered TGS models, aimed at fleet operators and with power outputs at 320 to 480 hp.

More from Paul O'Malley on +44 (0)1 263 715 900 or paul@hallspr.com

02/10/07

Truckers protest at fuel duty hike

The Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association want the government to drop its planned two pence a litre fuel duty hike, planned for today. The two trade associations joined forces again to ask Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer to freeze the planned fuel duty increase and introduce a fuel rebate scheme instead. The FTA and RHA say that today's increase will exacerbate the problems for domestic truckers trying to compete with foreign trucks running on cheaper continental fuel. At a time when the world price of oil is itself almost at a record $80 a barrel, from Monday duty on diesel in the UK will be 50.3 pence a litre compared with a European average of just 22.7 pence a litre.

More from Geoff Dossetter on +44 (0)1 892 552 255 or gdossetter@fta.co.uk

13/06/07

Don-Bur spends £2 million

Trailer maker and truck body-builder says it has invested invest £2 million in new chassis and component making facilities, including plasma cutting and beam welding gear.

More from Richard Owens on +44 (0)1 782 599 666 or richard.owens@donbur.co.uk

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