Ancillary Equipment

Cummins has announced the acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s UK automotive battery systems business, a subsidiary of Johnson Matthey that specialises in high-voltage automotive grade battery systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. As part of the acquisition, Cummins and Johnson Matthey also agreed to collaborate on the development of high energy battery materials for commercial heavy duty applications. The acquisition and collaboration agreement are an important step for Cummins and Johnson Matthey. The

Italian tyre retread equipment manufacturer TRM has developed a new line of automated retreading equipment for the U.S. market and signed an agreement with Shamrock Marketing, of Louisville, Kentucky to be the authorised dealer. The new line, called ‘Latitude’, is built around a robotic style buffing machine that is designed to minimise process time, cut labour, and increase consistency in buff texture. The equipment line will be officially launched in March during the Mid-American-Truck-Show in Louisville

Magna Tyres Group says that production of its tyres has started at the OBO Tyres factory in Hardenberg, the Netherlands. This was revealed during the Grand Reopening event hosted by OBO Tyres when Michael de Ruijter, CEO Magna Tyres Group, and René de Vent, Alderman municipality of Hardenberg, unveiled the first Magna Made in Holland product. Michael de Ruijter said it was a huge development for the group and an important milestone in its history. The Magna MA02, M-Terrain and AG24 tyres, which can be

Chicago Pneumatic has extended its range of CPDG mobile diesel generators, bolstering the original five models (from 9-40kVA) with the addition of six new models from 60-200kVA. “As a result of this expansion, we are now able to offer our customers a complete range of small- to medium-sized mobile generators, which all provide a combination of exceptional toughness, reliability and easy operation,” says Tony Calippe, spokesperson for generator equipment at Chicago Pneumatic. Using proven technology, which

RDS Technology has been awarded the ISO 9001: 2015 certification for the design, development, test and manufacture of electronic instrumentation for agricultural and industrial equipment following an evaluation process by the British Standards Institution (BSI). The ISO 9001:2015 is a globally recognised international benchmark for quality within an organisation. “Achieving this certification ensures suppliers and customers can have confidence in knowing that RDS Technology consistently meets the high