DAF opens new Engine Test Centre

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende officially opened a state-of-the-art DAF Engine Test Centre in Eindhoven in The Netherlands. The engine test facility has 20 advanced test cells and isaid to be one of the most modern in the world.

Hino claims off-road record

Australia’s leading off-road racing team is claiming a rough-terrain mileage record for its race vehicle transporter. Peter Kittle Racing has clocked up more than 120,000 kilometres across Australia in its Hino Ranger Pro, more than 50 per cent of it on bush tracks and corrugated gravel.

Trucksafe ‘08

The next update to the TruckSafe business and safety management system, TruckSafe 2008, will be released later this week.