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ilarac* ir"r Aberdeeu. al the hcavirr end of ilre market r^,'e didn'i 6our years in drarge nf ITUK wlrn we have
"Hr* ar* hnpiag to ag;;*int a de;rler in crlmp{te. I n^rcan the traditianal Auntrali;ur had &rxe neferendu*rs in consesrtive yea.rs,
ilr-rnrlee in the rrear fui:-rre and a fuil sales and 68 lorure r-igs rvith is,c trailers. \4re dirin't theimplementationof Euro 5 engines and
ren,ire dcaleiship has opr,ntr{ fur Srcxbr.rr:n stretch into these l'rorse povr.ers, but r.r.e rvere lhe intreductisn of l4hole of \lehide Type
unrier the banner of Cr"ryrr:!1, all |oining the mesiiveh, strong in the lighter;and mr.dium Appmval and, in spite of that lot, we had to
hrglrlv succcssful rtrrd ;,vi'ard rvinrung wesi ol weigk markets. soldier on, selling trucks.'
ktlrland d*alersldp, hnpcrial Commucials 'What also helped was ilre {arl that there Againon re8ectiorl the rretiring dlaiunan
basrci at Corran, Clatgnrlr is ao import duty on cab and chassk trucks of ITLIK wisk$ there arc &ings ie had dore
'ilur ftrllv ilppsinted kainine centr* at enter:ing Auskalia. This is not the mse in diffurently. 'I should have lived in t]e IJK
{TUK hcadquarter in !-latficid is now hat Hunrpe of cr:urse, r,r.lrere semi knock down rather *ran being based in Bnrspl$. I no1 .
$n saies. parh; ar'rd aftersales training plus t:f kits 6* to our: Mir{i production plant at spend betrveen 35 and 40*, of my time in tlre
technicol traini*g where ilrey covel all trtrona in hal1. *'ho prceluct t;tr cufrant UK anyway. Horrever I suppose having tc
":curse
iitcets oi the rnecl*rnira' wr.lrk and oL{ c{fitfi: rarrge of 3.5 to 12 tonnc- truckt. look after Eurnpe *nd the Midi production
i.: nrrn lrtec *ppnrved.' 'i'!4: wr:uid of course ]ike a r,vider pr:odugt plant mysix languages did com€ inhandir.
Back discr.Bsing his tenure as bo".;s af IT line-up ;ind r,,t e contimaill' ptearl oru w-ish
Australiii" the trueh manutaclun:r's first list with |apa+ because at ITUK ure ld,ai-rt ffifiErffiE
mafi;riry oyrned tmck *al* companli Yuki to compete;n as ma*\r r.r,eights as pn$rit)le
ecails, 'lsuzu held &'$'ii, of ihe st*ek r,,'ith and ironicalll,, i\4idi h;u the spare produclinn 'Loeking back" one of my greatest
th* rernaining.l0l[ held l-rv Ceneral Motor:. CaFla{itY t(]} coI}e. m0rnents was the wiruring of Isu;u's
When I i*ft tn trke up th* Eur*pean post u,$ 'Non, tha{ rve have Br*xit, if the L:K enourned I-1 Grand PrixWorld Technical
hcld a rrarkri leariing ?51?, of all ArrstralLr's readred a special tradirg agrc'*:rr:rrt r,r,ith comp€Ution. In 2$14 it was won by the team
truck sales over 3.5 tonnes, admittedly rr,iih a Japan it r"ould be a sea change for us, trom Imperial Cornmercials in Glersgow and
full range of kueks and tracior r*rits on of[e:^. allh+Lrgh so far: thin6s havt nct l-rec,n made Australia werc serondl
Yuki Murata cnnllrn:ed considerabie anv easier u,ith the cl*r,'aiu;rtiexr ol the Pound 'Alscl one year later Imperial
pressurr *ince he 1,,,a$'!rot a]lowed tn slip rrersris the Yen and Euro" Commereials took third spt and became
ir"t[o seccnd plau*'. 'On reilectiory rnyeight 1.ears in Australia the first eve* two consecutive podium
'W.hat cnmporuded the prtssure rva.s that uvas relalil,elv prctrJern fiee crrmpared to Enishers in the comptitioru
'I'm so for&rnate to have worked these
last four years with such a professional
gncup which has maintained standardt
8loilal fluaril ltliniling llcalcr$ni[ even with lhe retirernent of Nikki Xing who
did so urueh to elevate Isuzu Truck UK
to the current position it enioye however
I had to appoint Nikki's successnr and
firi\l.lil\t,tlr,,rrtrl ol \r-riil,rnri. lrtrg,l.ri 11 (.(\i1ril1{r11;(tl-'l"ri,,ii,,lr,rli-t:}tii,i..1'1'q.l 11 I'm delighted ter say drat Pete Mrtphy
1rt,,,..,,, t.1..-::,,'r:il.,(1,.rr.rJil, i,r'r;*ilr,rli)r.'rl,r',1.r11,,r.ri -:.;;, 1,1-11:ii 1,1 i;1r1- has taken on the mantle of managing
lir.'iirl lli'itislr:r'r-\ i!-! lt'.rn.r ll * irt l:u,:Lt'.r l-i tir.rnri i)rir li'iirrii.rl rrrl;tl-t'!.illrrr, ltt'lcl ttt director u,i& *kill and tenacity. I consider
] a L,.rrr. my appointment eif Pete as one$f the be$t
ilr.r1i,r-priir,:ir.rl !\'illit: \lrrrll is iiirtifi.rl,ll l,nrrrr.l oi ihir'( rrltit'n Slr.tirner' ivin ir.h:'lr in decisions I have made in rny business life. I
,n.lr1'1\-a\'! ll.rs thot i-trlrnirr"lljorr rri irtlrtini-ririu. ltrnlarrl ilrrr{fir\5 frorrr 11){!1 rl lllrl t;\)\'.}i} am leaving ITUI( in a safe pair of hands'
i,',r:. irriii.itrcl .rs "ur lsrrzL: s.r]t: airil !artiar ngclr('11 rtrirrcirii'rLt.rllr' Iltt -.tttti t'c,tr a-s llti: And so Yuki Murata has his flight tickets
l(..itn(j,lr,\.Nil,f iliing.rnrl irr.,r.iillu.r{Lrr,!l.lr:rihtllrt:Inun:L.Krt}nrirrn\ irirrtrIt'rt,r,,iri'. bmked from Brr.rssels to Tokyo on 31 May
l{rc.r1ls l,liillitr;'ftrl) cir'aitr.hip stillrrr h.r5.riirrfk.,il in l{}ilS u'h,rn 1\'L' .rc.rir'!l rtr,ltrri rl.rrri' to fulfil two or three months sf handover
l-]rtttliit5 iir.r llr,: nrarrltrc ar-rd 0l rr lht vc.r.r'r, s;lltrs si'aitr:r irt rrrll lrtit lt"tt c l.t,t-,ril.r n]ort workinlapan before his retirement,
tj jve r:ifit,ql rvrlh proritrt1 .1rilrtri11l1'lr1'nrirrinq nrtr-i, 1\.rLl{)iIri't}(l l].rrLir:u1,.}rl\ itr ll.l tunnt' probably in August.
rt'liil:.rlls. Yuki was chairman of Isuzu Truck UK,
'lit'l.ail'.inci nlJiIll(,il.rr":LU Lr]lttirris lr.rt t,r.r'r|riinLrlii tc, ir-rcre.trr in{o ,i :,ulr>i.titti,rl lsuzu T-ruck Europe and a boad member
itrrrlir-.iiti.rrrrl -r{l!iicarrl[,iircrl rrrl!-rrrritr' ]rt'nr:,lr.llirrr irririiltl(,j.iirr]Lr', r\'l1r']'r'lirc I i I'( *f Micti based in Verona It is expected
Ltrrtorrrr:i ( art It'i1g1-.1111ntr'ir"t:, 1.*t:tt l-..lrti{tulnrly trr'li rt1-rlticialr-'rl. his successor will be someone primarily
'1 .In ti.:iiqhtc.i tlt.:t trtatruf.tuttift]r l-,,.1(i\-il-i) .tn11 .r.t|p$rL is r'nFYrrl ilr.' all rii'Irat'ttrrr'ttt. rrt based inJapa*who will hold the title of
trrn-isrr,,i,: rlt,,,l1.'r'"il;, tlutiL> lo lhr'r'r't'r ir,r.'rrinl'tnn iir" aiiiitrr'ir',:l lirr' ljatiiliri i lt]. c}ajrman of ITUK but will be commuting
'!\:t,arc r{ll)tiilLrin.j lti iI\.t,st irr tlrl fr:tnchix, r|ith. irir r:r;rrrlp.}r', .ttt'aL.tl|t.'.1ltLl hr'\ (]fir1' periodically a* Pete Murphy the UK
lr^,:iriirriproqrnnrlr'.ilrri \\'r'ilnr'(rttrL'ntl\ fttnlr:tissiottt'rliuriI1('rtlulrfl \'.'ltt)jtliLl!l managing director, will be regularly
Irrilu aorp(rr.rt(.' li\'r,fl lL) jr!in orir- p.rrls rli:;lriL.irijt,rr rn,l rtttrl.itl .]:isi5tJrrar' pr'(l*l.l!-iln1f5 briefing the Japanese HQ on developments
in Britain.
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