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FAW explores new horizons

Driver safety and comfort coupled with cost-efficient operating costs, transparency in the purchasing and body-building process and excellent back-up service has made FAW the number one truck choice for medical goods manufacturer and distributor, New Horizons Metal New Horizons Metal...

WABCO acquire Laydon Composites

Global commercial vehicle tech company WABCO, have acquired Canadian aerodynamic device producer Laydon Composites Ltd (LCL) for an undisclosed sum. Based in Oakville Ontario, Laydon Composites generated $25-million in revenue in 2015, and are continuing in advancements in the aerodynamics...

Ctrack entrusted to monitor truck payload productivity

Vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions specialist Ctrack by Inseego is once again throwing its weight behind Truck Test 2017. The gathering will see 12 heavy commercial trucks demonstrate their capabilities in a one-day test organised by Focus magazine...

Kamaz claims Dakar gold

Russian rally driver Eduard Nikolaev of the Kamaz-Master truck team claimed gold in the Truck category of this year’s Dakar Rally – marking his second Dakar win after taking the podium’s top step in 2013. “I am overflowing with emotions,”...

Advice from SMES to SMES affected by the pandemic

A new survey by the South African SME Finance Association (SASFA) shows that despite the help offered by government and the private sector, only a fraction of businesses had any support. Only 47% of business owners applied...

The benefits of web-interfacing technology in truck weighing applications

One of the main challenges of truck weighing is keeping track of and properly utilizing scale data. There are numerous reasons to keep track of all the data stored by scales used in weighing on a daily basis, such...

Encouraging road safety

MiX Telematics has introduced a monitoring service that allows motorists to report the driving behaviour of fellow road users. Aimed at improving road safety, the Report My Driving initiative encourages fleet owners to improve the behaviour of company drivers...

SA trucking industry optimistic about the future

The truck industry in South Africa is certainly optimistic about the future, judging by the launch activity on the opening day of Futuroad, the truck and bus show which was co-located with Automechanika. Several of the new models were launched...

Daimler Trucks & Buses and Mercedes-Benz Vans extend their reign in Rustenburg

Less than six months after inaugurating the Regional Centre Southern Africa, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has demonstrated its dominance through its Daimler Trucks & Buses and Mercedes-Benz Vans division by officially opening a new state-of-the-art commercial vehicles dealership in...

One of the keys to South Africa’s urban transport challenges

In South Africa, our transport, storage, and communications industry contributed almost R350 billion to GDP in the first quarter of 2022, a 1.8% increase from the fourth quarter of 2021. The transport industry accounts for around 6,5%...

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