The Brisbane Truck Show is a significant event on the transport industry’s calendar which provides manufacturers and operators with one dedicated space to see the latest technology that the sector has to offer.
For OEMs, the event is the perfect opportunity to reveal product ranges, upcoming innovations and new announcements – something that BPW Transpec has used to its advantage for many years.
BPW Transpec has been an active player in the Australian market for over 65 years and has thus headlined many Brisbane Truck Show events. Speaking to Trailer at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, BPW Transpec Engineering Manager, Ian Thomson, said these shows have always streamlined communications between customers and producers.
“From our point of view, the Brisbane Truck Show acts as a great central point for the market,” he said at the OEM’s stand. “We get a great amount of people from all over the industry and country coming to visit us.
“The show creates an environment where customers can touch and feel what they’re going to be buying. They can see our product range up close and enjoy a direct view of the upgrades and developments we’re making, and that’s important to us.”
This year’s Brisbane Truck Show served as a platform for BPW Transpec to showcase a large range of key products. Headlining its stand was the ePower axle, an innovation which is new to the Australian market but has already found success in the European and South African sectors.
Created in partnership with North American refrigeration technology manufacturer, Thermo King, the ePower axle has been designed to generate electrical power while the trailers it is attached to is being driven. Once generated, this power is then used to recharge a battery pack mounted under the semi-trailer’s body. Additionally, the device’s power unit has been programmed to determine when the axle should generate power and when to feed it back to the battery, making it self-regulating.
As Ian explained, the ePower axle’s autonomous power regulation aims to deliver benefits to operators looking to reduce carbon emissions in a time when the industry is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability.
“This axle addresses the need to reduce diesel power usage on standard fridge motors in the space,” he said. “This power generation will help fleets deliver a better CO2 footprint, something which is now a critical goal for many operators.”
The ePower axle also runs quietly, enabling operators to deliver products to locations that are more sensitive to noise during the night such as supermarkets within more metropolitan areas.
BPW Transpec’s ePower axle was joined by a new innovation, the 404 Ringfeder coupling, which will be released into the Australian market in the first quarter of 2026.
“It’s a product that we’re constantly working with Ringfeder and VBG on to develop into our market,” Ian said. “It’s now got some additional features and more serviceable components in it which allow operators to change out the bushes and mouth of the coupling quite a bit easier than previous generations.
“There have also been upgrades directed towards the product’s safety mechanism. The coupling is now locked in place to make it easier to operate, and it’s clearer for the operator to see that it is locked and engaged correctly.”
The BPW Transpec product lineup also included several other breakthrough innovations which were designed to increase safety and efficiency for users.
“We’ve got BPW AirSave here which is a tyre pressure inflation system,” Ian revealed. “If you happen to get a puncture on the tyre on your trailer, it has tubing going to the valve stems and a small pneumatic pump which will pump up the tyre if it’s got a small leak.
“It also has a warning light to indicate that there is a leak somewhere on the tyre. If it’s significant, it’ll go to a solid light so that the driver knows they’ve got a serious problem. If it’s a flashing light, that indicates it’s got a small leak and the system will cope with maintaining the pressure until the driver can get to a place to change the tyre.”
Meanwhile, BPW Transpec also displayed its Cargo Floor product, a moving floor trailer system with an updated module which has resulted in a faster operating speed. The pumps and pistons that are used to drive the unit have also been upgraded and the profiles of the planks now have a smoother ceiling surface which results in less friction and improved leak resistance.
Other products on display included an Edbro hoist which, too, includes improvements on its predecessors, landing legs and a Fontaine fifth wheel which Ian said was brought to the Brisbane Truck Show so that the team could “gauge the interest of having another fifth wheel in the market.”
“This is a product that we’ve got some alliance with in Europe,” he said. “So, we’re just testing the waters to see what interest that creates.”
Looking at the complete lineup of BPW Transpec products on display, Ian said the team pulled off a great representation of that the OEM has to offer.
“It’s a selection of what we do, and it just shows that we’re not turning over the same product again and again,” he said. “We’ve picked a few things out that are a bit unique as opposed to our regular line of products.”
BPW Transpec is sitting on an exciting catalogue of products and services, and after its attendance at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, it’s clear that the OEM is constantly looking to improve both performance and safety with these new items. And for Ian and the team, there’s no better time or place to unveil them than at the Brisbane Truck Show.
