Scaling up and down for growth
NewsThe niche markets for low-throughput container handling equipment are growing, as some operations scale up, and some equipment types scale d...
Self-help goes a long way
NewsSelf-loading trailers, commonly known as sidelifters, remain universally popular for container transport and logistics companies....
Low throughput, high expectations
NewsContainer shippers and packers have plenty of choice when it comes to handling....
Steelbro teams with TMC
NewsTMC trailers will manufacture Steelbro sidelifter trailers for the New Zealand market....
Krueger trailers for Steelbro
NewsSteelbro has announced it has appointed Krueger Transport Equipment Pty Ltd as its supplier of sidelifter trailers for the Australian market...
Steelbro to close NZ plant
NewsSteelbro New Zealand has gone into voluntary receivership and will close its Christchurch manufacturing facility....
Steelbro changes
NewsSteelbro New Zealand has gone into voluntary receivership as the company begins a new strategy based on manufacturing in China....
Doing well with self-help
NewsNew products and designs keep the vitality of the “sidelifter” going....
Running in order to stand still
NewsThe Brazilian economy has made great strides in recent years, but is being held back by lack of capacity in the ports and inland transport s...
Giving a prompt from the side
NewsSelf-loading container trailers are a mature product, but suppliers are constantly striving to meet changing market demands....
Hammar wins patent infringement case
NewsSelf-loading trailer builder Hammar Maskin AB has reported that New Zealand’s Court of Appeal in Christchurch has judged that its patent o...
Sidelifters ride out the downturn
NewsThe self-loading trailer (SLT) concept has been around for well over three decades, yet while it has achieved significant market penetration...
Sideloaders: not just a side issue
NewsIn the past few years demand for self-loading trailers (“sidelifters”) seems to have grown in line with the container handling market ge...
Steelbro adds Angola agent
NewsHaving recently appointed new distributors for its sidelifters in Spain, Argentina and Uruguay, Steelbro NZ Ltd reports that it also has a n...
Sidelifters waiting in the wings
NewsDespite being often touted by their backers as having “enormous potential” self-loading container road trailers (usually called “sidel...