Clearview North February 2014 - Issue 147 | Page 15

INDUSTRYNEWS

INDUSTRY
PREPARES FOR
NEW STANDARDS
DEAL OPENS A
NEW ‘WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY’
The UK’s number one
manufacturer of specialised
glass carrying commercial
vehicles was today trading
under new ownership, following
its acquisition by the fastgrowing Bevan Group.
It is now ‘business as usual’ for
the 20-strong company team at
Supertrucks, who supply and fit
glass-carrying bodies and ‘frails’
(racks) for rigid trucks and vans
of all sizes. Supertrucks operates
from a production facility in
St Helens, Merseyside. It was
founded in 1981 by former
Chairman Peter Wright, who is
staying on for the time being in a
consultancy role.
The decision by West Midlandsbased bodybuilder Bevan Group
to purchase the business – for
an undisclosed sum – comes less
than a year after it launched its
own glass carrying vehicle. Bevan

quickly won orders for more than
70 units from two of the biggest
names in the industry.
However, as Managing Director
Anthony Bevan acknowledges:
“When it comes to designing
and manufacturing systems that
allow for the safe transportation
of glass by customers from the
glazing and related windows
and conservatories industries,
Supertrucks is the undoubted
market leader.”
www.supertrucks-uk.com

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The 2014 edition of the NHBC
Standards, which provide the
technical benchmark for all newlybuilt homes registered with NHBC,
will soon be coming into effect for
the UK’s house-building industry.
The main change to the
Standards, as previously
announced by NHBC
earlier in the year, will be
the introduction of a new
standard for Mechanical
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