Tanfield Group is the new company name of Comeleon. As I understand it, Comoleon was getting into trouble so TAN (paerent company?) took over. Since this has happened the share price has dropped by 0.25p each day for the last week or so (on average) and are now around the 3p mark with very little activity.

Does anyone know much about this company or previously held stock in Comeleon? There is virtually no info out there other than on the company website.

cheers

Mike

easy ..... straightforward profit taking ..... support likely at about 110 (rising 25 dma) or about 100 (rising 50 dma)

Tanfield, interesting! Quite a few large buys yesterday at the bell. But down to-day on smallish volumes.

mm's manipulating the market

Meanwhile, across the channel..


The French state-run mail group La Poste plans to order 10,000 electric delivery vehicles in the next five years as part of a strategy to promote the battery-run car in France, the government announced Tuesday.

This week, La Poste is to invite manufacturers to submit bids to supply the first 500 vehicles for delivery in 2008.

"There has never been such a big order (for electric vehicles) in the world," said French Industry Minister Francois Loos in an interview with AFP, referring to the plans for 10,000 electric vehicles.

"This large-scale experiment will really launch the electric car in France, in a visible way for everyone, and will enable us to define the economic and technical conditions" needed for its deployment, he said.

The French post office has been testing eight electric vehicles in Paris and the city of Bordeaux since 2005 made by French group SVA, which is owned by defence group Dassault and specialist vehicle manufacturer Heulioz.

SVE and French transportation group Bollore as well as car manufacturers are expected to respond to the invitation to supply the vehicles.

La Poste already owns 60,000 vehicles, 30,000 push bikes, 25 aircraft and three trains.


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It sounds like they are talking about car-sized small delivery vans mainly - which is not (so far) Tanfield territory. But with Tanfield already involved with TNT, and DHL - two of the very biggest delivery firms - this news does confirm theat things are moving in the direction of electric delivery fleets.

but the odds will be every heavily weighted towards a French manufacturer, assuming there is one ..... that is French mentality

- or French-Japanese - Renault being a partner of Nissan who this week announced a major jv with NEC to hasten the development of new battery technology.

if you wish .... but NOT Tanfield

True. Does help emphasise that this is the year in which real fleet orders will likely start to occur though. Until now everything has been ones and twos on trial.

another good day for TAN in a soggy market .... shall be watching for a buying opportunity

"...shall be watching for a buying opportunity .."

Were you not watching for the one we just had?

;o)

sp did not get to the level i wanted, and was quite well invested anyway .... have now taken profits in VML and UMN so have spare cash again

Monday - Bauma expo opens in Munich (23-29)
Tuesday - CV Show at NEC (24-26)

I wouldn't necessarily expect headline stories from the Munich expo. That is very much a business contacts, relationship-building event.

I do expect headlines from the CV Show ;o)
The launch of the Edison will guarantee that.
Any fleet order - for either the Edison or the Newton - will be a bonus headline.


It isn't going to be a quiet flat week!

The Tanfield Group Plc

("Tanfield" or "the Group")



LAUNCH OF EDISON ELECTRIC ZERO EMISSION VAN &

NEW CONTRACT WINS



Tanfield, the leading manufacturer of zero emission electric vehicles and aerial
work platforms, is pleased to announce the successful launch of its Edison zero
emission electric van. Tanfield has today also secured its first contracts for
initial orders of Edison with Sainbury's, TNT, CEVA Logistics and Scottish &
Southern Energy.



J Sainsbury Plc ("Sainsbury's"), a leading UK retailer, has ordered an initial
eight Edison electric vans for its Sainsbury's Online home shopping delivery
fleet. Sainsbury's aims to switch 20% of its urban delivery fleet to electric
vehicles by September 2008 and its entire urban home shopping fleet by 2010.



The order follows a year-long trial by Sainsbury's of the Faraday zero emission
electric vehicle, a larger van based on a different chassis and also produced by
Tanfield's trading division, Smith Electric Vehicles. Sainsbury's Online
deployed the Faraday in home shopping delivery applications in Central London.



The Edison electric van utilises a Ford Transit Body shell, housing Tanfield's
higher function electric vehicle technology. It has a restricted top speed of
50mph and a range of up to 150 miles on one battery charge. Tanfield has signed
a supply agreement with Ford that will see Smith Electric Vehicles convert an
initial 100 Ford Transit Body shells to battery-powered Edison vans.



Tanfield has received further confirmed orders for Edison from parcel and
logistics companies TNT Express and CEVA Logistics (formerly TNT Logistics), who
have both already deployed Tanfield's Newton 7.5t electric vehicle.



Scottish & Southern Energy, one of the UK's largest energy companies, has also
ordered the Edison for use in its fleet of 6,000 commercial vehicles.



Simon Skeet, Operations Manager for Sainsbury's Online, said:



"Thorough testing during the trial has given us a unique insight into the
vehicle's capabilities and has demonstrated that we can potentially take
hundreds of conventional vans out of our urban delivery fleet.



Our fleet will start small but the long term plans mean that by 2010, all our
delivery vans operating in high areas of 'delivery density', such as towns and
cities, will be battery powered. We look forward to working closely with Smith
Electric Vehicles with a view to fulfilling this requirement."



Darren Kell, Chief Executive of The Tanfield Group Plc, said:



"Edison's urban performance capabilities have exceeded our own expectations and
those of our customers.



This initial order and further commitment by Sainsbury's demonstrates the level
of belief and confidence held by major fleet operators in our zero emission
vehicles.



The Ford Transit is the most popular and widely used van in its category,
further enhancing driver acceptability of our vehicles. Coupled with Edison's
unique performance capabilities, we are confident that the vehicle will generate
further volume orders."



Smith Electric Vehicles will officially unveil Edison at the Commercial Vehicle
Show, Europe's largest exhibition of commercial vehicles. The CV Show takes
place in Birmingham NEC from Tuesday 24th April to Thursday 26th April, 2007.

Let's hope the beginning of many deals

the Edison http://www.smithelectricvehicles.com/products.asp?p=Edison

Tanfield Contract from TNT Express


RNS Number:5396V
Tanfield Group PLC
26 April 2007

26 April 2007

The Tanfield Group Plc
("Tanfield" or "the Group")


SMITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES SECURES CONTRACT FROM TNT EXPRESS


Tanfield, the leading manufacturer of zero emission electric vehicles and aerial
work platforms, today announces that Smith Electric Vehicles has secured a
further contract to supply its electric vehicles to TNT Express for immediate
delivery. The electric vehicles will be deployed across the UK and trialled for
the first time in Europe.


TNT Express UK has initially ordered fifty battery-powered Newton 7.5t trucks
from Smith Electric Vehicles, a trading division of Tanfield. This contract
follows a six-month long trial in and around London, completed two months ahead
of schedule, by TNT Express UK of the Newton, which was deployed in TNT's
delivery and collection operations.


Additionally, TNT Express has ordered a further five electric vehicles from
Smith Electric Vehicles for its first trial in mainland Europe. The vehicles
will be deployed in a variety of urban operations in Rotterdam, Holland and will
be a mixture of the Newton 7.5t truck and the Edison 3.5t van. Both electric
vehicles use body shells that are universally recognised by the fleet drivers
and perform all the usual tasks of a conventional diesel vehicle. The Edison
electric van utilises a Ford Transit body shell and was launched this week ahead
of the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham on 24 April.


TNT is a European market leader in global express, logistics and international
mail services and has a fleet of 45,000 vehicles across Europe of which 3,500 is
the UK vehicle fleet. TNT Express UK has previously stated that it is committed
to purchasing up to 200 Newton 7.5t trucks over the next two years, subject to
the results of the trial, which has now been completed. TNT is currently looking
for further opportunities to deploy further electric vehicles throughout its
operations in the UK and mainland Europe.


The on-going trial with CEVA Logistics (formerly TNT Logistics) continues to
progress well.


Darren Kell, Chief Executive of The Tanfield Group Plc, said:


"The thorough trial conducted by TNT has demonstrated that our electric vehicles
perform superbly in urban areas, while also providing a compelling reduction in
operating costs and zero emissions.


Our existing production facilities have the capacity for these vehicles and
additional volume orders. We believe that this order further validates our
strategy of seeding electric vehicles with major fleet operators. We are
confident of receiving further volume orders both from TNT and other operators
as current electric vehicle trials are concluded."

TNT are in a constant PR battle with rivals DHL,FedEx,UPS to claim the biggest green halo. They all have very genuine and ongoing commitmet to the issue. Those rivals are now going to have to green up their own fleets another notch methinks, if they wish to live up to their claims. That may or may not involve buying from Tanfield - but will surely encourage them to look even more seriously at zero-emision electric vehicles in some of the areas where they may have been favouring hybrids.

TNT have again made clear that - even without the environmental advantage - their trials have proved there is a very valuable reduction in fuel & maintenance which more than balances out the upfront purchase price. That upfront price is nearly twice the cost of a diesel - but with batteries accounting for a huge chunk of that, the differential is expected to plunge in the coming years as battery performance improves and volume production kicks in.

Gallery of 46 images from last week's 'Bauma' exhibition in Munich
Bauma images

The strike previously reported at the smaller Tanfield Engineering division (and which didn't involve the main works) has been called off.