SAS partnership with Bevan

The UK’s largest privately-owned fenestrations systems company turned to the industry’s leading manufacturer of specialist transport solutions, for the curtainside bodies fitted to its new distribution fleet.

Doncaster-based Senior Architectural Systems (SAS) has replaced its previous vehicles with seven smartly-liveried 18-tonners, two of which pull drawbar trailers at gross train weights of up to 36 tonnes.

The bodywork for the Mercedes-Benz Actros and their trailers was built on the ‘standard’ production line at the St Helens factory of Supertrucks. Acquired by the Bevan Group in 2014, Supertrucks enjoys an enviable reputation for its bespoke design capability, and for the quality of the bodies and racking systems it manufactures for the glass and glazing sector.

The new fleet represents a major investment for SAS. The company began life in 1991 as Senior Aluminium Systems, a name it changed to Senior Architectural Systems in 2008 to reflect the expansion of its product range. Today, SAS offers a comprehensive portfolio of windows, doors and related products, with its energy-efficient PURe® and Hybrid systems key drivers behind its continued growth.

Although SAS has returned to Yorkshire Dealer Northside Truck & Van for another clutch of Mercedes-Benz chassis, this is the first time it has commissioned Bevan to build its bodywork. The curtainsiders are in three lengths: 9.2 metres for the trucks that work solo, 7.7 metres for the two drawbar prime movers, and 7.4 metres for their twin centre-axled trailers.

SAS is using its new trucks to deliver aluminium extrusions at various lengths, but typically 6.1 metres, along with palletised accessories, to fabricators nationwide. The drawbar rigs also trunk product twice a week to the company’s bases in Livingston and Newport.

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