OFFICIAL IRISH JOURNAL OF TRAILER INNOVATION AWARDS
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AUTUMN 2024
50 innovations in contention for new International Trailer Awards 2025
Dennison’s Split Curtainsider Combination trailer ITA finalist Fifty new products, programmes and innovations, presented by more than twenty companies from seven countries across Europe, are in contention for one of seven prizes in the new International Trailer Awards (ITA), formerly known as the Trailer Innovation Awards. The expert judging panel consisting of a select group of leading trade journalists from various European commercial vehicle magazines (including Fleet Transport), have had a busy time in the past few weeks assessing all of the
entries presented for the biennial trailer competition. Awards will be presented in the following seven categories: Body; Chassis; Components; Concept; Environment; Safety & Smart Trailer. The only requirement for manufacturers to qualify for the competition is that the innovation developed and presented must deal with the trailer, semi-trailer or body – not the actual truck. Joining a list of contenders that includes practically all of the household names in the trailer and allied sectors are a number of start-ups with most
interesting ideas and concepts. Ireland is well represented, with Dennison Trailers (Naas), winner of the Fleet Transport Irish Trailer Innovation Award 2024 and Thermo King (Galway) among the finalists. The official announcement and presentation of the newly created trophies for the International Trailer Awards 2025 will be made on the ‘Night of the Stars’ awards ceremony at the IAA Transportation 2024 in Hannover Messe.