Plastic tipper at production

The Goliath plastic tipper body is now productionready. Manufacturing of partially completed kits will be undertaken in Poland, with final assembly carried out by Boweld in the UK, at the rate of up to 250 bodies a year.

The first completed body was bought by Swindon operator WGH, and fitted to an MAN TGX 8x4 (above). The body, built from HDPE panels with a steel framework, offers a weight reduction of up to 1 tonne compared with an all-steel equivalent, with increased durability.

London utility contractor Terrafirma Pipeline, which carried out prototype testing and evaluation in the early days of the project, the brainchild of award-winning engineer Chris Ecob, has taken a share in Goliath to speed the project to market.

The Alliance Automotive group of companies, best known for the NAPA brand through its sponsorship of racing teams in the British Touring Car Championship, relaunched as CV Components at the show.

Its UK-wide group of companies encompasses 260 branches with 34 dedicated LGV and commercial vehicle centres.