design

Richard Bramham, sales and marketing director Tell us a bit about your business. When were you founded, where are you based and how many people do you employ? BNL was founded in 1970 – we celebrated our half century last…

When was Winton Engineering founded? It was founded in 1984 by Mr Bill Winton, and the company was responsible for developing the Drive Line Power Take Off (DLPTO) system, which was given a worldwide patent in 1986. The business was…

The commercial vehicle sector is privy to a lot of new technology and innovation, fundamentally affecting  the way commercial vehicles are designed and developed. This week TNB caught up with Carsten Astheimer, Managing Director of British automotive design studio ASTHEIMER,…

  The Department for Transport has challenged students to improve bus journeys for passengers with hearing or visual impairments, with the launch of the ‘All Aboard’ campaign. This project has been set up to find cost-effective technology for buses that…

The manual gearbox has been shifted even closer to the exit on the transmissions ward. It’s now been dealt another blow by Volvo’s latest innovation, a dual clutch (DC) gearbox. Automated manual transmissions (AMTs) have swept all before them in…