HELLA Shapeline is an exciting lighting innovation for fleet managers and commercial vehicle body builders, which gives them the complete design solution for the front, side and rear lights of their vehicles, both truck and trailer.

Here in the cavernous sled lab, staff work intensively over the cab section of a pickup truck. Window glass has been removed and the windshield has been replaced by plexiglass, but the interior is present, and a crash test dummy is belted into the seat. Angelo Adler is Senior Manager Systems Engineering at ZF TRW’s Occupant Safety Systems (OSS) test center in Washington Township, Michigan. He says it takes about twice as long to correctly set up a test event as it does to analyze the immense amount of data that is generated. Firing mechanisms, lighting and dummy test circuits all must be checked for accuracy, timing and functionality.

Non-original remanufactured and copy turbos can be 40% down on performance with higher emissions, compared to OE remanufactured units.

With over 25 years’ experience of manufacturing and supplying DPFs and Cats to the automotive industry, Cats & Pipes Director David Carpenter has witnessed a lot of change and unprecedented legislation in the market, which looks set to continue and increase with pressure on the lowering of emissions growing.