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Industry Icon: Gary Byford – Tanker technique

Industry Icon: Gary Byford – Tanker technique

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When Gary Byford was a shy 16 year old starting his apprenticeship at Tieman Tankers 50 years ago, he couldn’t have guessed how the commercial road transport industry would look in 2017 – or that he would play a role in its development. After finishing his...
Industry Icon: Ngee Chong – Down to details

Industry Icon: Ngee Chong – Down to details

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PACCAR Senior Design Engineer, Ngee Chong, has witnessed much of the heavy vehicle’s evolution. With 27 years of experience as an electrical engineer in the transport industry, Ngee has played a part in the vehicle’s transition from a predominantly mechanical machine...
Industry Icon: John Krueger – First off the mark

Industry Icon: John Krueger – First off the mark

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Throughout the changes to the Krueger catalogue, the core of the business has held true, revolving around family patriarch, founder and Managing Director, John Krueger. Entrepreneurial from the very beginning, John started his own trailer building company in 1976,...
Industry Icon: Laszlo ‘Les’ Bruzsa – Hungry and humble

Industry Icon: Laszlo ‘Les’ Bruzsa – Hungry and humble

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A mechanical engineer by trade, Laszlo ‘Les’ Bruzsa left his home country of Hungary in 1992 and quickly became heavily involved with further developing the very high productivity vehicle combinations that first drew him to Australia. Fascinated with trucks from a...
Industry Icon: The Kennedy family – Outside the norm

Industry Icon: The Kennedy family – Outside the norm

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Kennedy Trailers was established in Bairnsdale, Victoria, in 1980 by Garry and Debbie Kennedy, when Garry had just finished his apprenticeship as a boilermaker and bought an old Falcon utility to repair timber-working machinery in the bush. In the beginning, the...
Industry Icon: Graeme Elphinstone – Behind every Icon

Industry Icon: Graeme Elphinstone – Behind every Icon

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It’s safe to say that Tasmanian-born Graeme Elphinstone is one of the most influential – and versatile – equipment designers in Australia. Be it oversized logging skels or high-tech load cells, Graeme has taken on just about every piece of equipment and improved it...
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