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“Over the last six months our focus has been on diversifying our product range to grow our dry freight offerings. We have seen positive growth there but the refrigerated trailer side is definitely feeling the pinch of the stagnant economy.“I am relatively confident however that there will be an improvement in the second half of this year based on interactions with a number of perishable goods transporters.
“Whether all that materialises into new business we don’t know but it does bode well for the year ahead.” “This has included improving payload with the introduction of our Protec Lite trailer that is 700kg lighter than the standard offering, and the introduction last year of the premium panel technology Protec Plus refrigerated trailer – both are receiving positive feedback for durability and payload.