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Sobanscy Transport – Megatrailers Light and Low
May 2019
In 1989 Ryszard Sobanski started a small transport company in Glowczyce, near the Baltic Sea coast. The company was extremely well organised and grew fast. In 2014 their 50th commercial vehicle hit the road and in 2016 the 100th employee was taken on. 2017 brought another milestone because in that year a separate department for abnormal transport was established. During the past year Nooteboom delivered as many as eleven new trailers for this new activity of Sobanscy.
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Affolter Transporte AG – Like a Swiss
May 2019
Affolter Transporte from the Swiss village Schüpfen has an ultra-modern fleet for abnormal transports. However, the heavy combinations of Affolter are rarely seen on the European motorways and they only visit the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp or Hamburg sporadically. Switzerland has a special place in Europe. It is not a member of the EU, but it is positioned as a sort of island in between the member states of the EU. The area Affolter Transporte operates in is the ‘Mittelland’. This is the undulating, partly flat plateau between Lake Constance and Lake Geneva. an interview with Rudolph and Ernst Affolter.
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TAHOGRAF started as Nooteboom Service Center for Croatia
May 2019
TAHOGRAF d.o.o. from the Croatian Sveta Nedeljais started in March this year as a Nooteboom Service Center. Our new service partner is a privately owned company, established more than 60 years ago and is strategically located near Zagreb, just 5 minutes from the important main route A3 / E70. TAHOGRAF has a very modern equipped workshop and specialized engineers with extensive knowledge and experience in hydraulic systems. As an authorized dealer for various brands of trailers, they have many years of experience in the maintenance, service and repair of trailers.
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Nooteboom Components – Quick Response Manufacturing
May 2019
Nooteboom Components is the name for the fully automated department at Nooteboom Trailers where components for trailers are produced. One of the existing production halls has been completely renewed inside. Ultramodern machinery for manufacturing vehicle components were installed In this hall, including a laser cutting machine, two new press brakes, a milling machine and a welding robot. Nooteboom Components works according to the ‘Quick Response Manufacturing’ method. This QMR-method is primarily aimed at reducing lead times in the production. But it also has a positive influence on the efficiency of the components’ production.
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Wind energy without subsidy – background story
April 2019
End 1980 the first commercial wind project sprang up on the hillsides of Crotched Mountain in Southwest New Hampshire (USA): twenty windmills with a total capacity of 0.6 MW. The interest for wind energy blew over from the United States to Europe and in the nineties the number of windmills increased dramatically. Nooteboom keeps a close eye on the world of wind energy through own research. Wind energy is now used worldwide. Interesting emerging markets are Russia, Argentina, Saudi-Arabia and Vietnam. Lengthy procedures and stringent regulations restrict the growth in Europe. Everyone wants to back the switch to clean energy, but no one likes to see a windmill in their back yard. Via political decisions about the levels of subsidies, the government decides the pace at which we can switch to wind energy.
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Nooteboom innovations at BAUMA 2019
March 2019
The Bauma, the largest trade fair in the world, is getting even bigger. For Nooteboom an ideal opportunity to present their latest developments for international abnormal transport and the latest trends for the construction industry. The Nooteboom stand, number FN 721/10, is on the huge outdoor area.
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Mega investment in Nooteboom special trailers by Hegmann Transit
March 2019
Hegmann Transit GmbH & Co. KG from Sonsbeck in Germany, partner of the Bigmove group, has extended their fleet with a large number of Nooteboom low-loaders and Manoovr semi low-loaders. Hegmann already has dozens of Nooteboom trailers. These latest additions are specifically intended to be used for the transport of heavy machinery.
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Nooteboom granted a patent for the Lift Adaptors of the Mega Windmill Transporter
February 2019
At the end of last year Nooteboom has been granted the European patent (Number EP1558464) for the LIFTAD, the special lift adaptors for the Mega Windmill Transporter.
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Factory visit IPAF at Nooteboom
February 2019
The Dutch and Belgium members of the IPAF (The International Powered Access Federation) where guest at the Nooteboom factory in Wijchen last week. The IPAF promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide. It was a very interesting program which started early in the morning and ended at 17.00. Besides the IPAF program, Nooteboom held several presentations and trailer demonstrations as well as a guided factory tour.
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Nooteboom introduces NOVAB 3.0 Axle load calculation
December 2018
Meanwhile Nooteboom has developed the latest generation NoVAB: Nooteboom 3.0 Cloud version. This latest NoVAB offers important improvements and advantages. Selecting the right tractor-trailer and calculating how the weight of the load is distributed over the various axles is now even quicker and easier. You can also specify whether one or several axles are to be lifted. With the push of a button the optimal load position, to prevent exceeding the maximum axle load, will be calculated. This will tell you in advance whether the complete combination with its load complies with the maximum axle loads that are permitted within a specific country.
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