Express Trailers last week formally launched its latest venture, Express Trailers Engineering Ltd. The company was launched with an event at its premises during which it also celebrated its 15 years of professional collaboration with the world leader in proprietary side-loaders Hammar Maskin.

After 15 years, Express Trailers Engineering Ltd is now Hammar's authorised partner in the Southern European region and the only recognised and accredited Hammar equipment re-builder in the world, recognised for its highest engineering and tradesmanship quality standards.

"We can safely say that with the setting up of Express Trailers Engineering Ltd, we are taking our company Express Trailers back to its roots when its eight founding brothers, started building the company with their own hands through their 'can do' attitude, their talent and propensity for mechanics and engineering and their sense of resourcefulness," said Franco Azzopardi, chairman and CEO of Express Trailers in his inauguration speech.

"In fact, Express Trailers Engineering Ltd will be operating under the leadership of Noel Vella, who is a family member and who succeeds his father Sebastian Vella, a veteran mechanic and tradesman, a tool-maker in the industry and one of the founding brothers.

Vella will be leading a dedicated team of 25 tradesmen who will be focused on the work commissioned to us by Hammar namely the rebuilding and reconditioning of side-loaders as well as on the servicing of Express Trailers' heavy equipment," Azzopardi added.

Hammar Maskin produces proprietary side-loading equipment for trailers made of high tensile and lightweight steel that gives a huge advantage to all logistics operators handling containers single-handedly, be it cargo, mobile offices for construction and other sites as well as military mobile barracks and hospitals.