Kenworth firm, one from one of mark of Paccar concern to which belongs also DAF has received prestigious award “Fineness in sphere of clean air” from American agency of environmental protection (EPA). Kenworth is first producer of utilitarian vehicles which receive this honorable mention from moment of revolt of award in 2000 year. American agency of environmental protection has appreciated appreciate innovatory operations in favor of development of friendly for environmental cars.

Economy still wrestles with many problems. Decently largeness transportation accompany hard economic conditions related with fall in sphere of residential and industrial construction. Decreased production of car industry smaller expenses in business sector and weak results of retail vendors – says vice-president of Paccar firm, Tom Plimpton. – Production of trucks in north America and Europe in second quarter was lower of 5-10% in comparison with first quarter, increments of firms weakening. Results of sales of Paccar firm in second quarter show weakest production capacity of industry and they mean decrease of increment from sector of truck in comparison for first quarter.

Paccar try to limit operative expenses because want to accommodate for hard market situation. Plimpton has added – Come optimistic news, that national transport firms plan exchange cars to new, because it is for they more profitable as that maintenance of old trucks is more and more expensive.

Transport in Poland is slightly Better – as wrote ‘Rzeczpospolita’, the logistics industry is beginning to feel a revival. Companies from industry are counting to maintain last year turns and some even on the increase. Is this announcement the end of the economic crisis?

According to ‘Rzeczypospolita’, it was the first transport companies have begun to feel the effects of the crisis and the first to feel the upcoming revival.

How to claim questioned by journal managers from transport companies, are seen the first signs of revival in the market. Already the end of the first quarter pointed to stabilize demand and cautious forecasts assume that the industry can have the worst behind us.

According to experts from TNT, the increase in the number of orders yield chiefly increased interest with outsourcing. It is difficult to determine whether this situation increase the value of the market, estimated by the Polish Chamber of Forwarding and Logistics at 35 billion PLN. While demand on air services fall, grow request mainly in road transport.

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Romuald Pytel is expert in trade and commercial brokering of heavy goods vehicles in European Union.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And while most wouldn’t think of a miniscule European van as hot, PSA’s Peugeot brand has its day in the sun with its new Partner vans, unveiled together with its sister-company Citroen’s new Berlingo.

The new Partner is virtually identical to its partner, the Berlingo, but is distinguished by some unique features and sheetmetal. The passenger version is labeled the Partner Tepee and gets a multi-function roof called “Zenith”. It’s also available with a pseudo-off-road package called the Partner Tepee Outdoor. The outgoing version, on the market since 1996, continues on as the entry-level Partner Origin (like the Berlingo First). And, of course, there’s a utilitarian version set up for light commercial use with a 1.8-meter long cargo floor that can be extended to 3 meters by dropping the Multi-Flex passenger seats, which gives the Partner LCV an additional 400 liters (14 cubic feet) of cargo space on top of the 3,300-liter (116 cubic-foot) conventional capacity.

[Source: Peugeot]

Gallery: Peugeot new Partner

We waited. We were patient. And this is what Santa’s French cousin brought us: a tiny utility van. We were hoping the predictions were wrong and that with its “C-Reveal” new product page, Citroen might give us something a little more exciting, like maybe the C5 Cabrio. But instead we got the Berlingo.

The new Berlingo is available either as a passenger vehicle (or Leisure Activity Vehicle, as Citroen imaginatively calls it) or as a slab-sided Light Commercial Vehicle. Citroen sold over 1.76 million examples of the outgoing Berlingo, which has been on the market since 1996 (with a facelift in 2002) and which will stay on in the meantime as the lower-priced Berlingo First. The new Berlingo uses running gear from the bigger, more civilized C4 Picasso minivan. It also grows in size over the old model and gets one of those new HDi particulate-filter diesels the French are so good at.

If itty-bitty European vans are your thing, you can check out all the juicy details in the press release after the jump, and stay tuned for the Partner version of the Berlingo from PSA sister-company Peugeot.

[Source: Citroen]

Gallery: Citroen New Berlingo

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Earlier we brought you a screen shot of Citroen’s website that features a countdown meter until the French automaker unveils its latest vehicle. Although we’ll have to wait another couple of days to know for certain, the replacement for the Berlingo utility minivan is shaping up as a strong contender for the slot, with an undisguised photo of the new vehicle surfacing on the internet.

The Berlingo, also badged as the Partner by PSA sister-company Peugeot, has been on the market since 1996 and received a facelift in 2002. Competing with the new Renault Kangoo that was unveiled at last September’s Frankfurt show, the little vans are a common site overseas where their utility and compact size prove a popular combination.

[Source: World Car Fans]