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Cartwright Group's Cheetah aerodynamic trailers

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9:25 am, December 3, 2009
Cartwrights wins first “big four” supermarket deal

Altrincham-based truck trailer maker Cartwright Group has agreed a deal to provide more than 170 of its new Cheetah aerodynamic trailers to supermarket giant Asda.

The deal, which is the firs the company has signed with one of the “Big Four” supermarket businesses, will see the firm delivering 100 curtainsider Cheetah trailers and 73 box Cheetah trailers between now and Christmas.

The deal has been signed following several months of testing of the aerodynamic trailers by the supermarket chain, which found that they increased the fuel efficiency of their vehicles by between 4.5 per cent and 6 per cent

“We retro-fitted a standard trailers with Cheetah and carried out stringent fuel efficiency tests at our clothing distribution centre in Northampton,” said Chris Hall, Asda's Central Logistics network transport manager.

“The fuel savings were so significant that we felt that Cheetah could help us achieve a major step change in our fuel efficiency.''

The new box van Cheetahs will replace trailers in Asda's clothing distribution fleet. All the curtainsiders will replace trailers in its ambient grocery fleet. Asda currently operates 970 ambient trailers and 650 refrigerated trailers.

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