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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
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TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS NEWS IN BRIEF
Messe Frankfurt launches ‘Hypermotion’
The global mobility system is facing a
radical process of change. Driven by
digitalisation and decarbonisation, the
boundaries between logistics, mobility,
infrastructure and transport are falling.
New, networked, integrated and inter-
modal systems are being created.
To reflect these changes and to discuss
their impact on the economy and society,
Messe Frankfurt is planning a new trade
fair with accompanying congresses
on the subjects of digitalisation, ITS
(Intelligent Transport Systems) and
intermodal systems, which will be held
in cooperation with leading German
transport and mobility associations in
Frankfurt from 20 to 22, November 2017.
Kögel’s Mega Trailer with individual
equipment
Kögel used the IAA Commercial Vehicles
2016 to showcase its Mega Trailer, which
is perfect for classic, standard tasks and
high-volume transport. The internal height
of 3 m makes it an ideal trailer for the
automotive sector. Loading and unloading
stacked pallet cages is simple, thanks to
the standard mechanical/hydraulic lifting
roof. This increases the side and rear
through-loading height to more than 3 m.
The standard Kögel integral roof
tarpaulin also guarantees improved
handling with an open roof. Thanks
to the roof straps being integrated in
the roof tarpaulin, sagging straps are
a thing of the past. This eliminates
the straps snagging on the load. It is
also equipped with the new optional
storage feature for the transport of
truck-mounted forklifts at the rear of
the trailer, as well as a receptacle for
securing chains and a storage slot for a
counterweight on the front wall.
Nooteboom launches
Manoovr MPL
The centre of attention at the
Nooteboom stand at IAA Commercial
Vehicles 2016 was its latest Manoovr
MPL semi low-loader with excavator
trough. This makes the semi low-loader
even more versatile, especially for the
transport of excavators or demolition
machinery as the boom arm can be
positioned in the trough.
The excavator trough is available as
standard on all semi low-loaders of the
Manoovr generation that have up to six
axles. Other vehicles from the Manoovr
generation can be equipped with an
excavator trough on request. The width
of the excavator trough depends on the
width of the vehicle.
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Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has
announced that Jasper Hafkamp will be
its new executive director for the Regional
Centre Southern Africa (RCSA), effective
December 1, 2016. He will be responsi-
ble for Daimler Trucks & Buses (DT&B) in
southern Africa.
Hafkamp joined Mercedes-Benz Nederland
BV in 1995 after completing his studies in
Business Engineering at the College of Tech-
nology and Management and Organisation
at the University of Groningen. He started
within the commercial vehicle department
where he held various positions within
Marketing and Product Management for
Mercedes-Benz Vans and Trucks.
In 2008, Hafkamp became responsible
for Mercedes-Benz Truck Sales in The
Netherlands and then progressed to the
position of managing director: Mercedes-
Benz Trucks. During this period he was
able to grow the market share of Trucks in
the Netherlands from 10% in 2010 to the
current sustainable 17%. This success was
based on a structured conquest programme,
Total Cost of Ownership approach and a
further professionalisation of the Dutch
Truck dealer network. Furthermore, he
integrated Fuso Trucks sales within the
Mercedes-Benz Trucks organisation.
Hafkamp will replace Kobus van Zyl,
the current executive director for DT&B,
who is also the vice-chairman of the
Heavy Commercial Vehicle Division and
Bus Forum for the National Association
of Automobile Manufacturers of South
Africa. Van Zyl is pursuing a new career
opportunity and assignment within the
larger global Daimler organisation.
Van Zyl has been appointed as general
manager
for
National
Automotive
Industries in Saudi Arabia, a joint venture
between Mercedes-Benz Trucks and E.A.
Juffali & Brothers. His appointment is
effective October 1, 2016 and to ensure a
smooth transition, he will be available for
a handover period.
The Juffali Group is the Mercedes-Benz
appointed general distributor in Saudi Arabia
and Van Zyl will be responsible for Mercedes-
Benz Trucks, Vans, Buses and Special Trucks
as well as Western Star and Freightliner
Trucks.
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New ED for MBSA’s Regional Centre Southern Africa
Jasper Hafkamp takes over as the executive
director of MBSA’s Regional Centre Southern
Africa in December.
reliably even in changing environmental
conditions or materials as well as with various
object detection angles. This is particularly
useful with objects that are not exactly
aligned or that are being rapidly transported.
As a result, detection errors are avoided and
complicated readjustment is eliminated.
Also with respect to the electrical con-
nections and the number of I/Os, the Leuze
ODS 10 and HT 10 sensors can be adapted to
individual application requirements, offering
optimum flexibility. Both device models also
provide an IO-Link interface ready for Indus-
try 4.0. In this way, diagnostic data can be
transferred in real time and alert the user
timeously to any impending failure, for exam-
ple excessive soiling of goods being handled
or misalignment.
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Leuze electronic
offers high-end
solutions with
application know-
how in all areas of
intralogistics.