Iveco win major order from Allied Bakeries
Iveco, the global company which designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, has been given an order from Allied Bakeries, a division of Associated British Foods plc, for 112 new vehicles for its mixed fleet of 1,000 commercial vehicles, including 42 Stralis Active Day tractor units, which are expected to serve on the fleet for 11 years.
The 42 Stralis AD440S42T/P tractors are being joined by 70 Eurocargo rigids; including 28 7.5 tonne 75E16Ss for multi-drop urban distribution, plus four 14 tonne 140E22Ps and 38 18 tonne 180E25Ps for dedicated deliveries to large retailers.
Two 7.5 tonne, all four 14 tonne and 21 18 tonne models of the new rigids feature Don Bur’s latest ‘Ecostream’ teardrop bodies as part of a real-life trial to test the impact of the latest aerodynamic bodywork on fuel economy. The remaining rigids are mounted with regular Don Bur dry freight box bodies.
Chris Davies, Fleet Engineer at Allied Bakeries, which is famous for grocery brands including Allinson, Kingsmill and Sunblest, explains: “In 2009 we purchased 93 new Iveco Eurocargos and have been very impressed with their performance. This year we had a requirement for both rigids and tractors, so we trialled a Stralis demonstrator to compare it against similar vehicles from a number of other manufacturers.
“The Stralis demonstrator performed well and the commercial mathematics worked out in favour of Iveco,” says Davies. “Plus of course the Eurocargo and Stralis models give us the benefit of engines meeting the stringent EEV (Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicle) emissions standard, which makes our fleet even greener than Euro 5.
“We’re also hoping the teardrop bodies will help us to further drive down our carbon emissions. If it proves a success, we’ll adopt this as the standard specification for future fleet orders,” he adds.
As part of its procurement programme Allied Bakeries analysed the running costs of its nine year old Iveco EuroTech tractors and found they were in-line with what it pays to maintain similar vehicles from other manufacturers. This process also highlighted one particular EuroTech which had clocked-up a massive 1.8 million kilometres on its original Cursor engine, making it one of the highest mileage vehicles in the fleet.
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