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2008-10-06 FOWLER WELCH COOLCHAIN Ten new Volvo FH-480 artics, which have recently joined the fleet of leading distribution company Fowler Welch Coolchain, met their operating cost targets inside three weeks. "Much faster than expected," reports National Operations Director Lee Juniper. 2008-07-10 MT AWARDS Motor Transport Awards 2008 - Dealer of the Year We are delighted to announce that Crossroads Truck and Bus Ltd has been selected as the Motor Transport Dealer of the year for 2008. 2008-07-07 S W ADAMSON'S FLEET MUSHROOMS WITH FH16-660's Family run mushrom compost haulier S W Adamson Transport, based in Middleham, North Yorkshire, in business for over eighteen years and one of the U.K.'s largest operators of Volvo FH16's have placed all their orders with our Boroughbridge depot, taking their fleet of FH16-660's to eleven. 2008-05-28 CELEBRATING OUR TOP DEALER TEAM AWARD Volvo Trucks UK has announced that Crossroads Truck & Bus Limited have been awarded the Top Dealer Team for 2007. This is a very prestigious award and Crossroads faced severe competition from the other dealers within the Volvo network. This is the highest accolade that can be awarded to any dealer. 2008-04-07 THE FIRST HYBRID REFUSE TRUCK IN THE WORLD LAUNCHED IN SWEDEN Steeply rising oil prices and a strong focus on the climate have made fuel-saving hybrid technology particularly interesting. Volvo Trucks is now taking an important step towards commercialisation of this technology for heavy vehicles by launching two hybrid refuse trucks that will be tested in regular daily operations in Sweden by refuse collection firms Renova and Ragn-Sells. 2008-03-02 FACTORY FITTED DRAWBAR FOR EB EQUIPMENT’S FIRST VOLVO EB Equipment Limited of Barnsley, who specialise in the design and manufacture of GRP bulk storage and conveying systems, has taken delivery of their first Volvo truck – an FH 400 6x4 drawbar to Euro 5 specification. 2008-02-26 NO UNPLANNED DOWNTIME SEES PLANTFORCE GROW FLEET WITH FIRST EURO 5 VOLVO WITH CROSSROADS Plantforce (Leeds) Limited, one of Yorkshire’s largest heavy fleet operators, based in Wortley, Leeds, has taken delivery of their first Euro 5 Volvo. The FM 480 8x4 rigid is an additional truck in the Plantforce fleet and was supplied by Crossroads Truck and Bus at Birstall. 2008-02-21 ASDA GOES CLEAN AND GREEN WITH EURO 5 VOLVO’S FROM CROSSROADS TRUCK & BUS LIMITED In a move which will significantly reduce the company’s transport fleet’s carbon emissions, ASDA the supermarket retailer, has added 50 Euro 5 compliant Volvo FM 440 4x2 Globetrotter-cabbed tractor units equipped with I-Shift transmissions, to its primary distribution fleet. 2008-02-06 ALFRED HYMAS TAKE YORKSHIRE’S FIRST EGR VOLVO FH’s Bulk tipper operator Alfred Hymas Ltd. of Burton Leonard, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has taken delivery of the first Volvo FH 500 tractor units in Yorkshire equipped with the Volvo Euro 4 EGR engine. 2008-01-16 6-WAYS TO CUT FUEL COSTS: VOLVO SHOWCASES FUELWATCH IN HALL 6 Volvo Trucks will once again be exhibiting at the Commercial Vehicle Show to be held at the NEC, Birmingham from 15th to 17th April 2008. Together with quality and safety, care for the environment is one of Volvo’s core values. 2007-12-12 JOHN OWEN AGGREGATES TAKE FIRST EURO 5 VOLVO'S John Owen (Aggregates) Ltd. of Dinnington, near Sheffield has taken delivery of a brace of Volvo 8- wheel Euro 5 FM-400 tippers for their growing fleet. 2007-11-12 FIRST EURO 5 FE GRITTERS GO TO LINCONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL The UK‘s first four, new generation Volvo FE Euro 5 6x4 gritters have gone into service with Lincolnshire County Council, which have seven years experience of operating Volvo gritters within its winter maintenance service. 2007-07-13 FIRST EURO 5 VOLVO FL GRITTERS GO TO ROTHERHAM MBC The UK‘s first five, new generation Volvo FL Euro 5 gritters have gone into service with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to replace older model gritters in the growing fleet. 2007-06-26 CROSSROADS HULL GO TO SWEDEN FOR VISTA FINAL The grand final of Volvo’s ultra-prestigious VISTA Championship will be held today (June 26th) in Gothenburg, Sweden. 2007-06-24 BB GO RO-RO WITH THEIR FIRST NEW VOLVO TRUCKS FROM CROSSROADS BB Haulage has taken delivery of two Globetrotter XL-cabbed, Euro 5 Volvo FH-480 6x2 tractor units, which will be based at the company’s Caistor depot in Lincolnshire. 2007-05-24 CROSSROADS GRADUATE RECEIVES APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007 Graduating Volvo Technicians and Master Technicians from Dealerships across the UK and Ireland were honoured last week in a glittering ceremony hosted by Volvo Truck and Bus. 2007-05-23 CROSSROADS TRUCK & BUS VISTA TEAM MAKE FINAL ROUND IN SWEDEN VISTA 2007 – the world’s biggest competition for Volvo workshop personnel – has now commenced. The competition has attracted no less than 12,000 participants from over 1,000 workshops in 68 countries 2007-03-10 D.E.M. BROWN’S LIGHTWEIGHT VOLVO FM DELIVERS HEAVYWEIGHT RESULTS Continuing a 15-year history with Volvo, feed and grain transporters D.E.M. Brown Ltd of Bedale, North Yorkshire, have taken delivery of an FM-440 tipper from Volvo Dealer Crossroads Truck and Bus at Boroughbridge. 2007-01-21 THE SIMPSONS GO GREEN (AS WELL AS YELLOW AND BLUE) WITH LATEST EURO 4 AND 5 VOLVO TRUCKS Sheffield-based fresh produce distribution company R W Simpson has decorated one of their latest SCR technology-equipped Euro 4 Volvo FH trucks with a striking series of air-brush murals featuring characters from the famous cartoon series, 'The Simpsons' 2006-10-19 TRANSLINC 6X6 VOLVO SNOWPLOUGH/GRITTERS WITH GPS AID DRIVER CONCENTRATION Four new FM 6x6 snowplough/gritters have entered service with Lincolnshire County Council - the first Volvo 6-wheel drive winter-maintenance vehicles to go into service with the County 2006-09-01 CROSSROADS DELIVERS FIRST FH16-580 EURO IN UK Crossroads Truck & Bus Area Sales Manager David Davies has delivered the first FH16-580 Euro 4 tractor unit to hit the roads of the UK. 2006-06-13 CROSSROADS' GOLF TOURNAMENT All teed off!
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