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Kaiser-Whale Rules

In order for partnership agreements between likeminded businesses to succeed and flourish, it is all about synergy: a coming together of minds. And nowhere is this better exemplified than between two of the world’s leading producers of specialist sewer cleaning vehicles - Whale Tankers of Solihull and KAISER AG Fahrzeugwerk of Lichtenstein.



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WHALE JETS AHEAD WITH SAFETY FEATURES

Whale Tankers used this year's Londonderry Show to promote its recently upgraded GULLYWhale Plus Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker. The GULLYWhale Plus MVC has a wide range of new health and safety and performance related features, developed as part of Whale's ongoing research and development programme, with a particular emphasis on jetting.

More Details >>   July 2010


 

WHALE TANKERS DEVELOPS UNIQUE FIRE APPLIANCE

Renowned for its innovative approach to designing and developing bespoke vehicle concepts, Solihull-based Whale Tankers has played a major role in delivering a specialist fire and rescue service appliance, believed to be the first of its kind in this country.
 
More Details >>   July 2010


WHALE DEVELOPS NEW DEMOUNT SYSTEM WITH MULTICAR

Specialist supplier to the waste and cleaning industries, Whale Tankers of Solihull, has expanded its Demountable Whale product offering having developed a new body system for use with Multicar’s FUMO – a compact implement carrier with transporter functionality.
 
More Details >>  June 2010


PLANT & WASTE RECYCLING SHOW – STAND NOS: N4 & N5
WHALE SECURES HYDRO-CLEANSING RECYCLER ORDER AT PAWRS

The first Whale Tanker to surface in the fleet of progressive domestic and commercial sewage company, Hydro-Cleansing Limited of Croydon, Surrey, was one of Whale’s headline exhibits at PAWRS – the Plant & Waste Recycling Show.

More Details >>   June 2010


WHALE/ECON DEMOUNT SYSTEM RESURFACES AT PAWRS

In what represents one of the most exciting developments in the municipal equipment sector in recent years, Whale Tankers and Econ promoted the success of their ongoing relationship on the Whale Tankers’ stand at this year’s PAWRS.

More Details >>   June 2010


 

GENESIS RESTORATION SEES WHALE GO BACK TO ITS ROOTS

Visitors to this year’s PAWRS – the Plant & Waste Recycling Show – got the chance to take a trip down memory lane courtesy of specialist supplier to the waste and cleaning industries, Whale Tankers. Taking pride of place on the Whale Stand - N4 & N5 - was Genesis, the company’s first gully cleaner demonstrator that has recently been painstakingly restored to its former glory.

More Details >>  June 2010


WHALE TANKERS CUTS PUMPS DEAL WITH VOGELSANG

Continuing to align itself with like minded innovative and forward thinking industry players, Whale Tankers of Solihull - a specialist supplier to the waste and cleaning industries - has entered into a strategic partnership with Vogelsang Limited, Europe’s leading manufacturer of rubber lined rotary lobe pumps and in-line macerators.

More Details >>    June 2010


MP ACKNOWLEDGES WHALE’S ENGINEERING TRAINING WITH IMECHE

With the demise of British industry continuing at an alarming rate, it is reassuring to know that some manufacturing companies remain passionate about the prospect of reversing the situation through education and training. Enter local manufacturing company, Whale Tankers of Solihull, a specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries.

More Details >>  May 2010


WHALE WELCOMES NEW GOVERNMENT MINISTER TO WEST MIDLANDS

Whale Tankers of Solihull – a specialist supplier to the waste and cleaning industries – yesterday became the first manufacturing company in the West Midlands to welcome Mr David Willetts MP, the newly-appointed Government’s Minister of State (Universities and Science) - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

More Details >>  May 2010


 

WHALE’S KING OF RECYCLERS SET TO RULE IN SCOTLAND

Whale Tankers of Solihull – a specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries – has recently fulfilled an order for its biggest and most advanced Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling.

More Details >>  May 2010


Clear decision in favor of Kaiser recycling technology in the UK

Kaiser-Whale saw the light of day in 2005 as a partnership involving two established brands. In just five years, the company has moved up to become the market leader in the field of recycling.
 
More Details >>  May 2010


FIRST WHALE TUNNEL WASHER SET TO CLEAN UP FOR IWJS

When it comes to commercial vehicles designed and manufactured to satisfy the needs of a niche application, a highly specialised tunnel washer must rank amongst the most pioneering. Demonstrating the design engineering capabilities of Whale Tankers – the Solihull-based specialist manufacturers to the waste and cleaning industries – the tunnel washer is a vehicle as rare in its end use as it is in its looks.

More Details >>   May 2010


 

WHALE SET TO MAKE BIG SPLASH AT PAWRS

Whale Tankers aims to put on a marked show of strength at this year's PAWRS - the Plant and Waste Recycling Show - with its biggest ever exhibition product display. Whale Tankers, the specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries, will be parading a seven strong vehicle line-up, in addition to proudly showing its newly adopted and refined corporate identity that centres on the themes, "Natural Selection" and "Change Through Evolution".

More Details >>    April 2010


 

ANGLIAN PLUNGES FOR WHALE FLUORIDE TANKER


Whale Tankers of Solihull has supplied an ADR approved 2600 litre rigid tanker unit for long-standing utility customer, Anglian Water geographically the largest waste and wastewater company in England & Wales covering an area of some 27,500 sq kilometres.


More Details >>    April 2010


LANES FOR DRAINS REMAINS KAISER-WHALE CONFIDENT

Lanes for Drains – the UKs largest independent drainage specialists has continued to show its faith in Whale Tankers having recently taken delivery of another Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling. This latest move reaffirms the companys intent on deploying the most technically advanced and durable equipment available.

More Details >>    April 2010


WHALE EVOLVES ITS LOOK


In addition to continuing to innovate its product and service offering, Solihull-based Whale Tankers Limited - a leading manufacturer of vacuum tankers and jetting equipment - has invested in refining its corporate identity.

More Details >>     Feb 2010


WHALE LIGHTS THE WAY IN LANCASHIRE

In response to difficulties implementing some aspects of the Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 (2006) and after receiving authorisation from the Department of Transport, Lancashire County Council and Whale Tankers have devised an innovative means of incorporating a rear mounted, lightweight lighting warning arrow on the Council's latest GullyWhale fleet newcomers.

More Details >>   Feb 2010 


GREGORY DISTRIBUTION SAVOURS ITS FIRST TASTE OF WHALE

Devon-based Gregory Distribution Limited has recently added its first Whale tankers to a 400-strong vehicle fleet. Joining the company’s Environmental Services Division, the two Whale newcomers are both non-hazardous tipping vacuum tankers equipped with high pressure jetting.

More Details >>   Jan 2010


CE ELECTRIC UK GETS THE MEASURE OF WHALE WITH NEW TRANSFORMER OIL TANKER

CE Electric UK - responsible for delivering electricity to over 3.8 million properties across the North East of England, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire - has recently taken delivery of a bespoke rigid road tanker from Solihull-based Whale Tankers Limited.

More Details >>  Dec 09


ENVIROCO HFS CHOOSES COST-EFFECTIVE KAISER-WHALE


Solihull-based Whale Tankers has supplied Enviroco HFS - formed earlier this year following Enviroco Limited’s acquisition of HFS Liquid Waste (HFS) of North Walsham - with its first Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling.

More Details >>  Nov 09


WHALE’S GULLYWHALE PLUS MAKES AN EXHIBITION OF
ITSELF

Whale Tankers’ highly publicised GullyWhale Plus Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker has broken off from nationwide roadshow duties to put in an appearance at the RWM exhibition on stand no: 0A209.

More Details >>  Sept 09


SP HOLDING INVESTS IN MORE WHALES

Pro-Whale Tankers customer, SP Holding of Telford, Shropshire - a leading drainage services, truck and plant hire, and events specialist - has this year invested approximately £1million in additional Whale vehicles, bolstering its fleet size to 58.

More Details >>   Sept 09


WHALE TANKERS BRINGS NEW JETTING NOZZLES ON STREAM

Whale Tankers - the Solihull-based manufacturer of specialist vacuum tankers, jetters, recyclers and combination units – has launched a new range of high performance jetting nozzles.

More Details >>  Sept 09


WHALE TANKERS BRINGS INSPECTION CAMERAS INTO FOCUS

With more and more customers electing to specify drain and sewer inspection cameras fitted as original OEM equipment, Whale Tankers, working in technical conjunction with leading industry specialists, Jetmasters Limited, is exhibiting the latest range of camera equipment within this field.

More Details >>    Sept 09


Whales Populate dtexhibition

The UK’s number one manufacturer of liquid waste disposal vehicles, Whale Tankers are populating this year’s dtexhibition with new tanker innovations.

More Details >>   Sept 09


DEMAND FOR NEW WHALE GULLY HANDLE ‘BOOMS’

Having successfully launched its new anti-vibration gully boom control unit in May, Whale Tankers is already reporting unprecedented demand for the product, developed as a means of reducing health and safety concerns surrounding hand-arm (HAV) vibration.

More Details >>   Aug 09

boom handle

WREXHAM MAKES QUICK CHANGE TO WHALE/ECON DEMOUNT SYSTEM

Demand for the Whale/Econ gully emptier continues to remain buoyant, Wrexham County Borough Council being one of the latest local authorities seeking to utilise the quick change demountable vehicle system that has been jointly developed by Whale Tankers and Econ Engineering – two of the UK’s leading specialist vehicle producers.
 
More Details >>  August 09


WHALE’S GULLYWHALE PLUS SURFACES AT RWM

Whale Tankers’ recently launched GullyWhale Plus – a radically upgraded Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker – continues the exhibition round next month, this time surfacing at the RWM exhibition.

More Details >> July 09


SEVERN TRENT IMPROVES ITS EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY

As Severn Trent Water continues to focus on providing the highest quality standards of customer service, the water and waste solutions provider has invested in a fleet of 10 domestic drinking water bowsers that have been supplied by Solihull-based Whale Tankers.

More Details >>   July 09


WHALE AND ECON UNITED AT LONDONDERRY SHOW

Whale Tankers and Econ Engineering are parading their jointly developed Whale/Econ gully emptier at this year’s Northern Load & Waste Handling Exhibition.
More Details >>   July 09


WHALE PARADES ‘PLUS’ VARIANT TANKERS AT LONDONDERRY SHOW

Two Whale tankers that are now equipped with an array of new features and product improvements are putting on a show at Londonderry Garage 2009. Having made their debut on the south coast at PAWRS last month, visitors to the Northern Load & Waste Handling Exhibition will get the chance to view the GullyWhale and KiloWhale Plus.
More Details>>  July 09


SP HOLDING PUTS ON A 'WHALE' OF A SHOW

Whale Tankers’ customer, SP Holding of Telford, Shropshire – a leading drainage services, truck and plant hire, and events specialist – is quite literally flying high at present.  Take the recent West Midlands Show in Shrewsbury, for example. Over the two-day event – sponsored by SP Holding for the second year running - the staunch Whale Tankers supporter put on what can only be described as a ‘Whale’ of a show.

More Details >>    July 09


WHALEInspection Becomes Technology Driven

Whale Tankers is continuing down the innovation route, this time in relation to how its inspection arm, WHALEInspection, carries out legally required tank tests on pressure/vacuum tankers. Representing a significantly enhanced service offering, tank tests carried out by WHALEInspection are now being trialled using the latest in-the-field portable computer technology.

More Details >>    June 09

 

WHALE SHOWCASES NEW GULLYWHALE MVC TANKER AT PAWRS


Heading Whale Tankers’ exhibits at PAWRS is the GullyWhale Plus, a new and radically upgraded Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker.

More Details >>   June 09

 
 
 

WHALE TANKERS MATES NEW GULLYWHALE PLUS WITH MAN CHASSIS

Solihull-based Whale Tankers’ has introduced a new and radically upgraded Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker, the GullyWhale Plus, that features a number of new performance and health and safety related features and product improvements.

More Details >>  June 09


 

WHALE ANNOUNCES £1 MILLION GULLIVER’S ORDER AT PAWRS

Whale Tankers is celebrating its attendance at PAWRS having secured an order worth in excess of £1million from Gulliver’s Municipal Hire Services.

More Details >>   June 09


 
 
 

SP HOLDING GROUP ADDS TO ITS SCHOOL OF WHALES

Having already this year committed to investing approximately £1million in additional vehicles from Whale Tankers and revealed a new group structure and corporate image in the process, it will come as little surprise that an SP Holding’s fleet newcomer is putting in an appearance on the Whale Tankers stand at PAWRS.

More Details >>   June 09


 
 

HARPER’S WHALE TIPPING TANKER IS READY STEADY GO!

Whale Tankers has supplied an articulated tipping tanker to Harper’s Waste Management Services of York that sports the company’s bold yellow, white and blue livery. Manufactured to ADR Class 3, 6.1 and 8 specifications and with the capacity to transport hazardous waste, the 44-tonne GVW unit with tri-axle running gear has joined Harper’s 63 strong HGV fleet.

More Details >>   July 09


 
 

ENVIROCO HFS CHOOSES COST-EFFECTIVE KAISER-WHALE

Figuring prominently on Whale Tankers’ stand at PAWRS is the first Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling to join the fleet of Enviroco HFS – formed only last month following Enviroco Limited’s acquisition of HFS Liquid Services (HFS) of North Walsham.

More Detail >>  June 09

 
 

NEW WHALE GULLY BOOM CONTROL UNIT

The design and engineering team at Whale Tankers has developed a new anti-vibration gully boom control unit. Developed in-house as part of a blue-sky think tank, the radically redesigned control unit has been introduced as a means of reducing health and safety concerns surrounding hand-arm (HAV) vibration.

More Details >>   June 09

 

myWhaleFleet Surfaces Online


Renowned for its innovative approach to product development, Whale Tankers has now turned its attention to the field of customer support with the introduction of myWhaleFleet – a secure web-based service designed to assist customers in managing their vehicle fleet online.

More Details >>   May 09


WHALE MAJORS ON PRODUCT INNOVATION AT PAWRS

Ongoing product innovation is the message that Whale Tankers intends to communicate when PAWRS - the Plant & Waste Recycling Show - gets underway in Paignton next month. Indeed taking centre stage amongst Whale’s four strong vehicle line-up will be a new, radically upgraded Medium Volume Combination (MVC) tanker.

More Details >>   May 09


FIRST KAISER-WHALE SURFACES IN IRELAND

Whale Tankers the Solihull-based manufacturer of high quality vacuum tankers and jetting equipment has supplied its first ever Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling into Ireland.

More Details >>   May 2009


WHALE TELLS APPRENTICES - YOU'RE HIRED!

Three Solihull school leavers who have recently completed an intensive four-year apprenticeship scheme operated by local manufacturing company, Whale Tankers - a market leader in the production of vacuum tankers and jetting equipment - are now set to embark on a long-term career in engineering.

More Details >>     May 2009


LANES FOR DRAINS COMMIT TO INCREASE THEIR FLEET OF KAISER-WHALE RECYCLERS


At a time when many organisations are curbing capital expenditure, Lanes for Drains – the UK’s largest independent drainage specialists – remain focused on bucking the trend.
 
More Details >>    April 2009


WHALE HELPS AA DOUBLE SIZE OF ITS FUEL ASSIST FLEET

The AA has doubled the size of its Fuel Assist fleet having recently taken delivery of a further 20 vehicles equipped with fuel retrieval system technology designed and installed by Whale Tankers of Solihull – the UK’s leading manufacturer of high quality vacuum tankers and a diverse range of waste applications equipment.

More Details >>  April 2009


Slimline Whale Tips The Scales

The latest addition to the 130 strong Whale fleet at leading waste tanker hire company GE TIP Tanker Services is a lightweight frameless WhaleVac using newly developed High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) running gear.


More Details>>  Jan 2009

 


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