The Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA)’s 2022 National Awards held at the end of November honoured SGESCO-MAX in two areas – as a National Safety Finalist and for 50 years of membership. HVIA represents and advances the interests of manufacturers and suppliers of heavy vehicles and their components, equipment and technology. The Association encourages and honours excellence through their [...]

Last year SafeWork Australia released a new guide for the construction industry to reduce the risk of traffic accidents and fatalities caused by construction developments, which has been on the rise due to ongoing construction in our cities. As they have done in other industries, SGESCO-MAX’s range of MAX-SAFE Safety solutions can provide many of the solutions construction companies [...]

In 2020, Transport for NSW released their recommendations for safety technologies for heavy vehicles on NSW roads and working on government projects. The 34-page NSW Safety Guide for Heavy Vehicles is still current today. The recommendations were developed because NSW government consider heavy vehicle safety a serious issue. While heavy vehicles make up 2.5% of NSW road fleet and [...]

The Australian National Road Safety Strategy is making progress – but we need to do better. And while heavy vehicles are involved in less accidents – according to June 2022 figures – we still need to do more – because the number of vulnerable road users killed is on the rise. No one wants to lose a loved one in [...]

SGESCO-MAX welcomes the introduction of heavy vehicle driver apprenticeships across Australia as a measure to attract and appropriately train drivers to safely ensure supply chain continuity. At the start of September the Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) approved the Queensland Trucking Association’s (QTA) industry proposal for the establishment of a Heavy Vehicle Driver Apprenticeship in [...]

Sixty years ago (7th July 1962), a skilled young 23-year-old opened an auto-electrical business named after the Starter and Generators that were core to his company. SGESCO was born. Today, Albert McPherson’s company, SGESCO-MAX, is recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative manufacturers of heavy vehicle safety equipment that protects people, prevents damage to property and preserves vehicle up [...]