Trucking Magazine – July 2019

I

mperial Logistics has secured

lucrative additional road

transport management

responsibilities from its major

client, BMW Group.

The haulier said it is adding

new routes and extra daily runs to

its existing programme of JIT (just

in time) and JIS (just in sequence)

‘megatrailer’ operations,

delivering parts from component

suppliers and BMW Group

locations throughout Europe to

the company’s plants in Germany.

Meanwhile, Imperial Logistics

will continue to operate its WOW

(warehouse on wheels) concept

at the trailer park it manages for

the BMW Group plant at

Wackersdorf (Bavaria), where it

manufactures dashboards.

Trailers loaded with these

parts are shuttled from the

production line to the trailer yard,

where they are held for delivery

on demand to BMW’s assembly

plants in Munich, Dingolfing,

Leipzig and Regensburg.

The entire haulage operation is

controlled by Imperial’s control

tower, regularly notifying real-time

location and ETA at destination.

To support this, all Imperial

Logistics vehicles deployed on

the contract are equipped with

tablets and GPS.

Imperial readies new

logistics services for BMW

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A

ll entrants in the FIA

European Truck Racing

Championship will

exclusively race on Goodyear

Truck Racing Tyres for the next

three years, as a result of a

new deal struck between the

tyre company and the

Federation Internationale de

l’Automobile (FIA).

Starting at Misano, Italy on

May 26, the series will feature

1500 bhp, 5.5-tonne trucks

racing at speeds of up to 160

kmh with acceleration similar to

a high performance sports car.

Goodyear said its extended

exclusive relationship with the

FIA and the European Truck

Racing Association (ETRA)

enables it to demonstrate its

technological capabilities and

test new technologies for truck

tyres under challenging and

competitive conditions.

“We are very proud to

continue our commitment to

truck racing, which started 15

years ago,”

said David Anckaert, vice

president commercial Europe,

Goodyear Tyres.

“The special tyres we

produce for the series achieve

two goals – firstly, they ensure

the trucks can perform at high

speed in all conditions,

ensuring thrilling racing.

“Secondly, they demonstrate

the quality of our truck tyres as

all the race tyres use similar

casings to those used every

day on the roads of Europe,”

Anckaert added.

Goodyear Truck Racing tyres

are built in size 315/70R22.

using a similar carcass to

standard Goodyear truck tyres.

The carcass is modified and

includes cool-running

specifications, as well as

increased lateral rigidity to

Goodyear sows up Euro truck

racing championship deal

Pence/ Euro/

Country litre litre

Austria 107.4 01.

Belgium 127.8 01.

Czech Rep 111.2 01.

Denmark 126.1 01.

Estonia 116.1 01.

Finland 122.8 01.

France 127.9 01.

Germany 111.5 01.

Greece 122.1 01.

The Netherlands 119.7 01.

Hungary 113.2 01.

Ireland 116.6 01.

Italy 131.1 01.

Latvia 107.9 01.

Lithuania 102.1 01.

Luxembourg 98.70 01.

Norway 145.1 01.

Poland 107.0 01.

Portugal 120.2 01.

Slovakia 109.8 01.

Slovenia 110.8 01.

Spain 108.6 01.

Sweden 137.6 01.

Switzerland 142.0 01.

UK 134.3 01.

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The Automobile Association’s

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around Europe

RIGHTGoodyear uses the FIA racing

events to test new tyre tech

perform in the most demanding

racing conditions.

Goodyear Truck Racing tyres

also have a specifically

designed tread providing very

high levels of grip in both dry

and wet conditions.

Combined with a

characteristic asymmetric

shoulder design and

circumferential grooves,

Goodyear said the tread

compound offers all-round

performance consistently to

all drivers and on all types of

race track.

Imperial Logistics is increasing its

activities with BMW Group