Upping the ante in trailer technology

摘要

European trailer-makers have been struggling to keep pace with booming demand for twelve months and more. But now, with orders dwindling, production levels are returning to normal, judging by what exhibitors had to say at last month's huge IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) commercial vehicles show in Hanover, Germany. In the first half of this year the number of trailers built by Schmitz Cargobull, Europe's biggest trailer-maker, hit a record 335 per day. Now the figure is down to 220-240 per day. Like its arch-rivals Krone and Kogel, Schmitz is hoping that novelties unveiled at Hanover will help kick-start trailer sales again.