Ancillary Equipment

Volvo Penta has announced a higher power output for its latest 11-liter diesel engine, to run at 315kW – up from 285kW when it was initially revealed – to provide an even more comprehensive range of uses for customers. The engine is on display at the TOC Europe material handling conference in Amsterdam (27-29 June).

Magna Tyres Group has appointed Muktar Barrie as the company’s sales manager for the French-speaking countries in West Africa.

Magna Tyres Group has appointed Arjen Sibon as sales manager to take on the responsibility for growing and improving key accounts in the European OTR Tyre business

Cummins says that its B4.5, B6.7 and L9 diesels will be able to run on paraffinic renewable diesel fuels meeting the EN 15940 specification. This is a key development for the firm as its On-Highway and Off-Highway versions of the B6.7 and L9 engines are now approved to use paraffinic diesel fuels in North America.

Atlas Copco recently celebrated the grand opening of its new production facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Atlas Copco built the US$25 million facility to enhance its support for the North American construction market. The 197,000-square-foot, LEED-certified plant serves as the production and assembly facility for Atlas Copco’s North American Construction Technique division. Generators and portable compressors and other equipment are produced at the plant, which offic

The Magna Tyres Group has appointed Nora Zhou as general manager at the new Magna Tyres Singapore office. Zhou has almost 30 years of experience within the tyre industry as the general manager of a renowned Chinese Tyre company. With her profound knowledge of international business, general management and specialisation in OTR (mining) tyres, she is said by Magna Tyres to be the perfect person to lead the firm’s expansion in the South East Asian tyre market. Speaking of her appointment, Zhou said: "I am pro