Eighteen of Hino Australia’s very best sales, parts and service staff competed in the ninth Hino National Skills Contest yesterday, after winning their way through a series of Hino Skills qualifying rounds held over the previous five months. The Hino National Skills Contest is an annual event that showcases the proficiency of sales, service and parts experts from the Hino ...

New extreme Bendix Protrans Commercial Vehicle disc brake pads offer ECE R90 certification, premium friction materials, and titanium Bedding-n technology.  Heavy commercial vehicles travel on average 40,000 to 60,000 kilometres per year in Australia and with braking systems facing demanding and severe operation conditions. With the trend shifting to disc brakes the brake pads become the single biggest contributor in ...

Schaeffler’s LuK GearBOX simplifies the repair of manual and double-clutch transmissions as well as differentials. Previously available under the INA band, the rebranding under theLuk name is expected to more than double sales of the LuK GearBOX range for the automotive aftermarket. With the help of the LuK GearBOX, garage professionals can replace the most important wear parts in manual ...

SAF Holland has been working in collaboration with one of the world’s leading lubricant companies (specialising in tribological conditions) and this has seen the release of a highly specialised lubricant for use on axles. This new industry lubricant is already well proven having been used in wind power generating plants over a number of years. In these applications extremely high ...

Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL)has appointed Mr Tony Kerr as National Fleet Sales Manager. Mr Kerr brings with him a broad but intensive 30-year career across the truck industry, in the light, medium and heavy duty weight categories. His extensive experience also comprises sales, general management and operations in respected companies such as Comet/Kwikasair Express (TNT), Scania, Volgren, and Genuine Truck ...

Westar Truck Centre has joined the Erebus Motorsport team as its ‘Official Transporter’ for the remainder of the 2018 season and entire 2019 Supercars season. Erebus Motorsport’s 2017 season included winning the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with drivers David Reynolds and Luke Youlden using the Erebus built Commodore; the team finished seventh overall. This year, Dunlop Super 2 Series graduate ...

 The Automotive Aftermarket division of Schaeffler has redefined its visual presence in stores with clearer identification on the packaging of its spare parts and repair solutions. Schaeffler packaging now features large, high-quality and photo-realistic pictures of individual products and complete repair solutions on the outside of its boxes. Also identifying each brand is a colour banding, with LuK in its typical yellow, the INA brand in green ...

Hino Australia has announced the release of the next generation of the 500 Series Standard Cab models for the Australian market. First displayed at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the all-new 500 Series Standard Cab FC, FD and FE models for the Australian market will have undergone what Hino is calling “a next generation model change.” “The addition of this ...

Volvo Trucks North America has released the latest version of the Cummins ISX12N “Near Zero” natural gas engine as an option in the VNL 300 day cab models used for pick up and delivery or regional-haul operations. The inclusion of the Cummins ISX12N represents best-in-class natural gas engine technology and is an indication of the increasing attention of truck makers ...

Penske Power Systems has recognised David Willis, a leading hand from Penske CV Chipping Norton branch with the award of the 2018 Detroit Master Technician by Penske Power Systems. David outperformed five other finalists after competing in a series of qualifying rounds held in Brisbane, Auckland, Sydney, and Perth to determine skills and diagnostics ability. The event was open to ...