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Nooteboom congratulates Tim Foundation with outstanding result
May 2017
During the Nooteboom Transport Days and Open Day Nooteboom supported the Tim Foundation. After 3 amazing Days at our facility in Wijchen with more than 5000 visitors we are happy that we can congratulate the Tim Foundation with an excellent result of EUR 101,900.- and we are happy that we have contributed to achieve this. The Tim Foundation supports dr. Jan Smeitink at the Radboud UMC University in Nijmegen in his research to find a drug against the mitochondrial energy-sapping disorder ‘Leigh disease’.
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Aertssen – The orbital highway project in Qatar
November 2016
The Aertssen Group consists of three large divisions: construction & intra, cranes and transport. One of the projects Aertssen is working on in Qatar is the new orbital highway project. This expressway connects the industrial area of Ras Laffan with the new Hamad port area. The new ring road is approximately 200 kilometres long and has 14 traffic lanes….
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Nooteboom wins important patent case concerning Pendel-X low-loader with deep excavator trough
November 2016
From the first ‘swiveler’ with pendle axles to the MANOOVR: the already long list of innovations at Nooteboom is still growing. Consequently the need to properly protect these clever inventions grows too. Obtaining a patent is an important way to protect intellectual property and to ensure that our customers can always expect top quality. Just over ten years: that’s how long the juridical wrangling about the Pendle-X Euro low-loader with excavator trough that was developed by Nooteboom has lasted.
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September 2016
Since hardwood is getting scarcer and more expensive all the time, Nooteboom is looking for alternatives for the production of their trailer floors. An important starting point was that the alternative had to be equally as good as the current floors but preferably it would have even better specifications for application in abnormal transport. From this investigation bamboo composite emerged as the best alternative. In the meantime Nooteboom has been testing it in practice for nearly two years with extremely positive results.
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New Manoovr semi lowloader with excavator trough
September 2016
In the space of one year Nooteboom’s ‘Manoovr’ technology has become a household word in the world of international abnormal transport. The latest innovation in the Manoovr programme is a version with an excavator trough. This option makes the semi low-loader even more versatile, especially for the transport of excavators or demolition machinery as the boom arm can be positioned in the trough. The excavator trough is available as standard on all semi low-loaders of the Manoovr generation that have up to six axles.
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Nooteboom Manoovr wins Silver Medal at the Trailer Innovation 2017 at IAA in Hannover
September 2016
Nooteboom Manoovr semi lowloader wins Silver Medal at the Trailer Innovation 2017 category Chassis at IAA in Hannover. This is already the 4th price the Nooteboom MANOOVR has been awarded with for this breakthrough innovation. We congratulate our supplier SAF-Holland who has won the Gold medal at the Trailer Innovation 2017 category Chassis for their Driven trailer axle for tipper-trailers.
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Nooteboom 2-axle EURO-PX keeps its 12 tonnes in Germany
September 2016
One of the main advantages of pendle axles is that they distribute the weight of the load over the road surface better than beam axles or split axles with independent suspension. Therefore the maximum axle weight for pendle axles is higher in several European countries. The Ministry of Transport of Baden-Württemberg has made two important decisions. The first decision stipulates that the BASt (Federal Highway Research Institute) is given the task of…
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Semi-trailers in XXL format, you’ll find them in Wijchen
July 2016
Nooteboom Trailers is a household name in the world of heavy transport. During the past 5 years Marinka Nooteboom, has been at the helm. ‘We found the way up again.’ If you have to transport something big, you need a lorry. If you want to transport something really big you should go to Wijchen.
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Three Innovation Awards for the Nooteboom MANOOVR
June 2016
During the past six months transport companies across Europe have chosen en masse for the Nooteboom Manoovr. More than 500 axle lines have already been sold and many of these have been delivered by now. The Manoovr MPL semi low-loaders are available with 3 up to 10 axle lines. Marinka Nooteboom: “For almost two years we worked very hard on the development of the Manoovr.
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HSE Nooteboom becomes Nooteboom UK Ltd.
June 2016
HSE Nooteboom has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Nooteboom Group since 2007. Changing the company name to Nooteboom UK Ltd is a natural progression within the group. The timing is perfect to make the change to align with the rebranding of the Nooteboom corporate image and with the large amount of investment being made in the UK facilities.
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