The Cartwright Group has designed a new trailer to aid the transport of, and unloading of two-tonne triple-width newsprint reels for newsprint company UPM Shotton and News International.
Commenting on the trailers, which carry the new width 2,211mm reels from the production site to the printers, Ceri Jones, logistics technical manager for UPM, says: "A series of research tests were commissioned to assess the stability of the
larger reel loads. The results demonstrated that the traditional method of "on end" loading was not suitable for the larger width reels, and an alternative method of ensuring stability in transit was necessary."
Contracted hauliers The Malcolm Group and News International's main haulier C&H Hauliers also contributed to the development of the trailer and unloading system.
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