Iconic firm's new generation of lighter trailers

Trailers have been designed for electric vehicle era

- By OWEN HUGHES Business Correspondent [e-mail]

AN iconic Welsh company is driving into the electric vehicle era with a new generation of lighter, stronger trailers.

Clwyd South MS and Welsh Government Transport Minister Ken Skates visited Ifor Williams Trailers to mark the UK launch of the new Tow-Max range that was originally rolled out in Scandinavia.

The Tow-Max range offers lightweight flatbed trailers that can carry high payloads even for vehicles with limited towing capacity, including electric cars that often struggle with traditional 3.5 tonne gross trailers as demand surges across Europe where uptake is far higher.

According to the company, which has five manufacturing sites in Denbighshire and Deeside, the Tow-Max is aimed at the lighter segment of the market but still delivers up to 2.7 tonne capacity thanks to a robust design using high tensile steel and intensive inhouse engineering.

The phased launch began in Norway where up to 95 per cent of new cars are now electric, quickly followed by Denmark, Belgium, Poland and France.