REMONDIS and PACCAR deliver on sustainability with new truck fleet
REMONDIS and PACCAR continue their respective journeys in sustainability, with the newest delivery of DAF CF340 trucks. As a local and global leader in resource recovery, REMONDIS strives to protect the environment, prevent climate change and continue recycling raw materials to be recovered and returned to production cycles. To continue its commitment to sustainability, REMONDIS regularly refreshes […]
A New Leaf – Garden City Plastics
For nearly 50 years, Garden City Plastics has supplied horticulture products and services far across the country. Since 2021, their partnership with DAF Trucks has further sustained this outreach. Founded by Len and Austral Wilson in 1975 in Heatherton Victoria, and currently owned by their son, Graeme, Garden City Plastics (GCP) has evolved into Australia’s […]
Good Grounding
Team Transport & Logistics inhabits a unique place in the market as a complete end-to-end solutions provider across a range of industry segments. Almost a decade ago Team Transport & Logistics began applying vinyl wrapping to its company-owned fleet. That’s over 100 prime movers, the majority of which are from DAF — the brand of […]
Blue Chip
For PepsiCo Australia, lowering its environmental footprint takes precedence. It runs, where possible, the latest vehicles in low emissions technology to move its beverages and snack products like Smith’s between retail sites and DCs. Much was made of the PepsiCo distribution facility in Sacramento where it took delivery of some 21 all-electric Tesla Semi trucks […]
Complete Waste Solutions, DAF in for the long haul
Modern, environmental and operationally efficient equipment is the backbone of a Queensland company that’s found a niche in waste management. Walking the talk is imperative when you work in an industry where recovery and reuse is paramount. When Paul Haslam, Ian Bock and Keith Megaw started Complete Waste Solutions (CWS) in 2022 they made a […]
Hire Fidelity
National equipment hire and solutions business, Coates, is committed to a sustainability framework and supply partners like DAF Trucks are playing a vital role. Australia’s biggest equipment hire and solutions provider, Coates, supports industry across a broad range of sectors. It offers customers quality equipment in compaction, confined space entry, concrete and masonry — and […]
Fruits of Labour
From driveability to fuel economy, there are many reasons why Ben Knispel trusts his family’s fruit and beverages to DAF trucks. Oranges are a surprisingly delicate fruit. Despite their tough exterior, they can bruise and spoil easily which means transporting them is a fine art. For Ben Knispel, who is joint managing director of Nippy’s, […]
Trail Blazing – ColdRex Refrigerated Logistics
Soon to mark ten years since its founding in October, 2013, ColdRex Refrigerated Logistics offers an inimitable value proposition through a regional network it has nurtured and grown steadily over that time. The next phase of expansion, when it comes, will see the company move further north into Bundaberg and then Central Queensland. At current, […]
Waste removal on the up
GCH is a family business that has grown in size, becoming a serious player throughout the region. This growth can be, in part, connected to its partnership with DAF Trucks and PACCAR. GCH is part of Geelong and Coastal Hire. The hire arm of the business has existed since the 1980s and was growing rapidly. […]
Petrob paved the way on the Sunshine Coast using their new DAF CF450 10×4 Tipper Truck
Asphalt carting business, Petrob, has introduced a new DAF CF450 10×4 into its Sunshine Coast operations. The unit features a custom-made bin designed and built in conjunction with the business’s regular boilermaker. Petrob does most of its work for Main Roads, Downer and Boral complemented by ongoing jobs for the Sunshine Coast Council for whom […]