News from the Alltrucks network in France: the year 2026 with J-Tech, BPW and Convention Paris

In March, our partner workshop Techno Poids Lourds organised a BPW training course in Carcassonne. At the same time, the J-Tech Tour is travelling across the country with four stops, AMCAT is setting up individual training plans for the technicians, REDGO is bringing breakdowns directly to the workshops, and in October we will all meet up for the convention in Paris.

This article takes you to the individual stations and shows what is behind the events and services - organised by people who love their craft.

The first event in March was the BPW training in Carcassonne in the south of France, as a guest of our partner workshop Techno Poids Lourds. We are proud to have Techno Poids Lourds as a partner in our network - and would like to thank the team warmly for their hospitality and the dedicated day. BPW has accompanied the Alltrucks network for many years as an industry partner for axle and brake technology, and it was precisely this knowledge that took centre stage on this day.

In the morning, Claude Morel from BPW France gave a tour of the product range: from the Axle beam about the Attachments and Special greases up to the Brake discs and Saddles. Each chapter was structured in such a way that the workshop can implement the methodology directly on its own lifting platforms. The practical part followed in the afternoon: complete axle beam removal including peripherals, reassembly, inspection and the use of dedicated BPW tools - this makes the interventions noticeably faster and cleaner than with general workshop tools.

The day ended with a knowledge check, and all participants passed. We were particularly pleased with the high level of participation and the commitment of the technicians. What your workshop can take away from this: A training day with the component manufacturer pays off directly - axle interventions are quicker, the effort per job is reduced and the lorry is back on the road more quickly.

Running parallel to the BPW training is the J-Tech Tour, our regional conference series especially for the technicians in our Alltrucks workshops. The tour starts in 2026 with four stops across the country: Marne-la-Vallée, Deauville, Lyon and Montpellier - One format day per region, where the workshop teams meet the industry partners directly, without a lot of travelling across the country.

Also on the tour are BPW France, Bosch France, Knorr-Bremse, KRONE Trailer France and TotalEnergies. The programme includes technical demonstrations, service sessions and an update on new regulations. The programme also deliberately includes a sociable format, such as the kart challenge in Deauville. This is more than just a nice extra: sitting around a table for a day with the specialists from the industry partners allows you to make contacts that will be useful in the following quarter. Service life can be shortened.

We were delighted with the lively participation at the first stations and would like to thank everyone who took part.

Training is an ongoing process at Alltrucks - because this is the only way to keep the workshop up to date with the new technologies of modern commercial vehicles. AMCAT is the tool with which this process becomes concrete: a 100-question competence check about Eight truck technologies, which every technician goes through in one hour. The result is a Individual training plan tailored to the gaps of the individual technician.

The Alltrucks system consultant comes directly to the workshop and the test takes place at the real workplace instead of in an abstract seminar room. This takes the pressure out of the situation and delivers more reliable results because the technologies are tested in a familiar environment. In the French network, around 80 individual training plans This is a result that we are proud of together with the workshops, because every investment in training is targeted precisely where it has the greatest leverage.

The eight technology fields cover a broad spectrum of the truck: from drivetrain to brake technology and electronics to trailer components. The evaluation not only brings the individual status of the technician to the surface, but also the profile of the entire workshop: Which technology is solidly anchored, which runs on a few shoulders, which is effectively a blind spot? From this overview, training priorities can be derived that are not based on gut feeling, but on a documented gap analysis.

The highlight of the French Alltrucks year is the Convention on 21 October 2026 in Paris. On this day, partner workshops, associated brands and industry partners will meet for an annual exchange: industry trends, new building blocks in the network and, above all, personal dialogue between workshop owners from all regions of France. We look forward to seeing you there - please register via www.alltrucksevent.fr.

Workshop owners will have access throughout the day to the same industry partners who were represented on the J-Tech Tour in the regions - this time with a consolidated programme, a split plenary and the opportunity to exchange ideas across regions. We use this day to say thank you for our co-operation and look forward to the many discussions.

Another programme will play a central role in ongoing workshop operations in 2026: the Alltrucks-Assistance in service partnership with REDGO, one of the most important European breakdown services for heavy goods vehicles. The principle is lean: Alltrucks receives the breakdown and forwards it to the nearest partner workshop; the workshop owner then decides whether to take on the job.

The workflow is deliberately kept simple. First, the workshop receives an email with a description of the process and an accompanying phone call; in most cases, the lorry can drive to the workshop under its own power. If the workshop owner agrees, an e-mail is sent automatically. Payment guarantee for own hourly rate out. The invoice is sent to the address on file and is paid within a few days. This takes the classic risk out of the breakdown order: no unsecured claims, no subsequent clarification of damages.

From the workshop's point of view, this means selective additional volume without acquisition effort and for the damaged lorry it means that it can quickly get back on the road within the Alltrucks network. The only requirement is that the regional system consultant has up-to-date contact details - a point that can be quickly ticked off during the next workshop visit. All in all, this creates a dense supply network that relieves the burden on logisticians throughout Europe and strengthens our network as a reliable service partner.

A special voice in the French Alltrucks year 2026 comes from the Atelier HDP the Groupe Delahay (Alliance Automotive) in Beaurains in the north of France. Site manager Sylvain Delonghe, who is passionate about his job, took the time for a video interview and, together with the regional Alltrucks consultant Guillaume Lecluse tells us what has connected the company with Alltrucks for years. We are proud to have HDP as a partner in our network - and thank Sylvain Delonghe warmly for his frank words.

In everyday workshop life, this is reflected in three specific anchor points. The Technician training on all installed systems of modern commercial vehicles is the basis for HDP's ability to work across manufacturers. The Technical support from the Alltrucks network intercepts the cases in which the workshop takes a second look at a Diagnostic status needs. And the Brand work - Branding, signage and visibility on the platforms - ensures that customers recognise the workshop as part of a Europe-wide network.

What we particularly like about HDP is that the company has been with us for a long time and continues to develop - through active participation in the programmes that Alltrucks provides. It is precisely this active partnership that characterises the network. The video interviews with Sylvain Delonghe show this impressively; they are a nice reminder of a cooperative partnership that we greatly appreciate.

The French Alltrucks Year 2026 shows how much a lively network can achieve - and some of the ideas can be adopted throughout Europe. A reliable Annual rhythm consisting of training (BPW in March), tour (J-Tech over several quarters), competence diagnostics (AMCAT ongoing) and convention (October) provides the workshops with a year-round start-up framework. The Tour format instead of major event relieves the workshops of travel expenses because four regional stations are more valuable in total than one centralised mega-event. And the Assistance with payment guarantee is a factor that should not be underestimated for the workshop cash register, because breakdowns are processed without unsecured claims.