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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
68 lorure r-igs rvith is,c trailers. \4re dirin't had &rxe neferendu*rs in consesrtive yea.rs,
ilr-rnrlee in the rrear fui:-rre and a fuil sales and stretch into these l'rorse povr.ers, but r.r.e rvere theimplementationof Euro 5 engines and
ren,ire dcaleiship has opr,ntr{ fur Srcxbr.rr:n mesiiveh, strong in the lighter;and mr.dium lhe intreductisn of l4hole of \lehide Type
weigk markets. Appmval and, in spite of that lot, we had to
unrier the banner of Cr"ryrr:!1, all |oining the soldier on, selling trucks.'
hrglrlv succcssful rtrrd ;,vi'ard rvinrung wesi ol 'What also helped was ilre {arl that there
ktlrland d*alersldp, hnpcrial Commucials is ao import duty on cab and chassk trucks Againon re8ectiorl the rretiring dlaiunan
enter:ing Auskalia. This is not the mse in of ITLIK wisk$ there arc &ings ie had dore
basrci at Corran, Clatgnrlr Hunrpe of cr:urse, r,r.lrere semi knock down diffurently. 'I should have lived in t]e IJK
kits 6* to our: Mir{i production plant at rather *ran being based in Bnrspl$. I no1 .
'ilur ftrllv ilppsinted kainine centr* at
trtrona in hal1. *'ho prceluct t;tr cufrant spend betrveen 35 and 40*, of my time in tlre
{TUK hcadquarter in !-latficid is now hat rarrge of 3.5 to 12 tonnc- truckt. UK anyway. Horrever I suppose having tc
$n saies. parh; ar'rd aftersales training plus t:f look after Eurnpe *nd the Midi production
"ii:tccuertsseotietchhenricnoelctlr*arniniria*'gwwr.hlrekreanidlreoyLc{ ocv{efiltfai:ll 'i'!4: wr:uid of course ]ike a r,vider pr:odugt plant mysix languages did com€ inhandir.
i.: nrrn lrtec *ppnrved.' line-up ;ind r,,t e contimaill' ptearl oru w-ish
list with |apa+ because at ITUK ure ld,ai-rt ffifiErffiE
Back discr.Bsing his tenure as bo".;s af IT to compete;n as ma*\r r.r,eights as pn$rit)le
Australiii" the trueh manutaclun:r's first and ironicalll,, i\4idi h;u the spare produclinn 'Loeking back" one of my greatest
m0rnents was the wiruring of Isu;u's
mafi;riry oyrned tmck *al* companli Yuki CaFla{itY t(]} coI}e. enourned I-1 Grand PrixWorld Technical
comp€Ution. In 2$14 it was won by the team
ecails, 'lsuzu held &'$'ii, of ihe st*ek r,,'ith 'Non, tha{ rve have Br*xit, if the L:K trom Imperial Cornmercials in Glersgow and
readred a special tradirg agrc'*:rr:rrt r,r,ith Australia werc serondl
th* rernaining.l0l[ held l-rv Ceneral Motor:.
When I i*ft tn trke up th* Eur*pean post u,$ Japan it r"ould be a sea change for us, 'Alscl one year later Imperial
hcld a rrarkri leariing ?51?, of all ArrstralLr's allh+Lrgh so far: thin6s havt nct l-rec,n made
anv easier u,ith the cl*r,'aiu;rtiexr ol the Pound Commereials took third spt and became
truck sales over 3.5 tonnes, admittedly rr,iih a
full range of kueks and tracior r*rits on of[e:^. rrersris the Yen and Euro" the first eve* two consecutive podium
'On reilectiory rnyeight 1.ears in Australia Enishers in the comptitioru
Yuki Murata cnnllrn:ed considerabie
pressurr *ince he 1,,,a$'!rot a]lowed tn slip uvas relalil,elv prctrJern fiee crrmpared to 'I'm so for&rnate to have worked these
ir"t[o seccnd plau*'. last four years with such a professional
gncup which has maintained standardt
'W.hat cnmporuded the prtssure rva.s that even with lhe retirernent of Nikki Xing who
did so urueh to elevate Isuzu Truck UK
8loilal fluaril ltliniling llcalcr$ni[ 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
my appointment eif Pete as one$f the be$t
] a L,.rrr. decisions I have made in rny business life. I
am leaving ITUI( in a safe pair of hands'
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
,n.lr1'1\-a\'! ll.rs thot i-trlrnirr"lljorr rri irtlrtini-ririu. ltrnlarrl ilrrr{fir\5 frorrr 11){!1 rl lllrl t;\)\'.}i} And so Yuki Murata has his flight tickets
i,',r:. irriii.itrcl .rs i"luiirnlsgr.rrznL:rls.irr]rt:.,ar.iiriilllu!a.rr{tLiarrr,!nl.glrc:lrr(i'1h1tllrrttr:irIrncuirnii'r:LLt..Krllrrt' }nIlrtitrr-n.t\tttiirti'crr,ttrrIat-s'rltl,tir:,,iri'. bmked from Brr.rssels to Tokyo on 31 May
l(..itn(j,lr,\.Nil,f to fulfil two or three months sf handover
workinlapan before his retirement,
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' probably in August.
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
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' Yuki was chairman of Isuzu Truck UK,
lsuzu T-ruck Europe and a boad member
rt'liil:.rlls.
'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 *f Micti based in Verona It is expected
his successor will be someone primarily
itrrrlir-.iiti.rrrrl -r{l!iicarrl[,iircrl rrrl!-rrrritr' ]rt'nr:,lr.llirrr irririiltl(,j.iirr]Lr', r\'l1r']'r'lirc I i I'( based inJapa*who will hold the title of
c}ajrman of ITUK but will be commuting
Ltrrtorrrr:i ( art It'i1g1-.1111ntr'ir"t:, 1.*t:tt l-..lrti{tulnrly trr'li rt1-rlticialr-'rl. periodically a* Pete Murphy the UK
'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 managing director, will be regularly
iir" aiiiitrr'ir',:l lirr' ljatiiliri briefing the Japanese HQ on developments
trrn-isrr,,i,: rlt,,,l1.'r'"il;, tlutiL> lo lhr'r'r't'r ir,r.'rrinl'tnn i lt]. in Britain.
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