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First fully automatic Mercedes-Benz refuse truck is developed for Brazil

Mercedes-Benz Atego 1729 equipped with an Allison 3000 Series™ is an important move to gain market share in Brazilian refuse market, where fully automatic technology is already valued SÃO PAULO – A joint effort between Allison Transmission and Mercedes-Benz has resulted in the development of the first fully automatic Brazilian Mercedes-Benz refuse truck. For Mercedes-Benz, the introduction of the automatic Atego 1729 is an important step for expanding share within the refuse market, which already values fully automatic technology. The Atego 1729 features a 6-cylinder BlueTec engine

Allison Transmission-equipped Scania FEL refuse truck provides the answer to SUEZ

New four-axle Scania 8x4 32-ton front-end loader by HEIL FARID on display at RWM 2015 Birmingham, UK – SUEZ, a multinational resource recovery specialist, has purchased seven HEIL FARID European Company front-end loader (FEL) refuse trucks with Scania chassis because they are equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions. A popular requirement of refuse fleets around the world, Allison transmissions deliver advantages in terms of operating costs, productivity, manoeuvrability and safety. SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK (known before March 2015 as SITA UK) approached six major

Urbaser and Allison Transmission help keep Paris clean

Urbaser wins five-year, €46 million contract to collect household waste using Iveco natural gas trucks with Allison 3000 Series™ fully automatic transmissions PARIS – Urbaser Environnement, a company specialising in urban cleaning and waste management, recently announced that it has been awarded a five-year, €46 million contract for waste collection in Paris. The company’s fleet of refuse trucks is almost entirely equipped with Allison transmissions. Since May 2014, when the company initially won a cleaning contract for 16 Parisian districts, Urbaser has procured 23 Iveco Stralis and

Concept vehicle with Mercedes-Benz Econic chassis and an Allison automatic eases cleaning in Düsseldorf

Featuring an Allison fully-automatic transmission, a Mercedes-Benz Econic suction and flushing vehicle has been helping to keep Düsseldorf’s gullies clean.DÜSSELDORF, Germany – A joint effort between the city of Düsseldorf and specialist vehicle manufacturer, Assmann GmbH, has led to the development of a concept suction and flushing vehicle that keeps the city’s 47,000 gullies clean from waste materials. Featuring an Allison 3000 Series fully-automatic transmission, the truck relieves the strain of operating a manual gearbox on busy, traffic-filled streets, enabling the drivers to easily

Allison-equipped road cleaners keep Marbella streets clean

The Renault Midlum 270.15 road sweeper equipped with an Allison fully-automatic transmission is an operator favourite at the Marbella Street Cleaning Department.MARBELLA, Spain – Drivers working for the Marbella Town Council are well aware of the benefits of a vehicle fitted with an Allison automatic transmission. Carrying out daily cleaning work on downtown streets, the Department of Street Cleaning boasts a fleet of 40 light-duty and 10 heavy-duty vehicles. The vehicles are, on average, about five years old, and all were manufactured by Iveco and Renault. Forty per cent of the heavy

German district takes refuse collection in-house, starting from scratch, and with help from Allison and DAF

In July 2011, the district of Aurich, in Germany, took over waste collection for nearly 200,000 inhabitants. Since then, the municipality hired 16 new drivers and invested in 11 new DAF trucks with Allison fully-automatic transmissions.AURICH, Germany – The Aurich district is a popular North Sea destination, with fresh breezes, windmills and cow-filled pastures dotting the almost 1,290 km² region located in the northwestern-most part of Germany. Since mid-2011, the municipality has been responsible for collecting its own paper, residual and organic waste. This change resulted from a study

Transportes Olivos equips its refuse trucks with Allison fully automatic transmissions

Technicians from the urban hygiene and refuse collection service company explain that their decision to opt for automatic trucks was based on five fundamental attributes: low maintenance costs, vehicle uptime, increased comfort, productivity and safety for their drivers.BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - Transportes Olivos, a subsidiary of the multinational group URBASER, has announced it has replaced 16 refuse trucks in its fleet with new IVECO vehicles equipped with Allison automatic transmissions. Ariel Caputo, Maintenance Manager of the Transportes Olivos garage in Tigre, explains that the

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