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them all in-house we’re able to more closely monitor quality and the finished product and better support the vehicle through its useful life. “We’ve already made exciting plans
to continue investing across the board to reduce the vehicle body’s weight even further, empowering our customers to carry more, and make cost savings over time.”
Ingimex is continuing to invest in
intelligent design and refined material selection to further reduce the weight of its bodies, while increasing strength and service life – all without passing any of the costs on to customers. “While the Luton van has been the
focus of our weight saving initially, we have been making changes to many of our vehicle bodies,” Justin added. “Our original tipper which we fitted back in 2000 was made from a kit imported from Europe, something that we still see many other providers using to this day.
“We’ll be unveiling even more developments in the months to come”
“But in 2017, our tipper is 250kg
lighter than these original kits as a result of the same principles we applied when developing the Luton van – bringing the manufacture in-house, replacing steel with aluminium where we can, and using and placing material more intelligently. It’s now one of the lightest available on the market, offering up to 1.4-tonne payload on a 3.5-tonne GVW chassis. “Our tool hire spec of the dropside
body was developed in conjunction with Northgate to meet some specific customer demands, and built with the same objective of being 200-300kg
lighter than the original, which was previously manufactured by a rival bodybuilder. “We were also delighted to officially
unveil our new Tip-Up and Pick-Up range at the CV Show earlier this year, which offer payloads of 1-tonne and 1.2-tonnes respectively on the VW Transporter chassis. “It’s certainly exciting times at
Ingimex,” Justin concluded, “for the wider vehicle manufacturing industry, and for the British manufacturing sector as a whole, which has been building on its strengths following a few challenging years. We’ll be unveiling even more developments in the months to come, and we’re looking forward to working with our customers to continue enhancing our offering to meet their ever-changing demands.”
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