CBAM like VECTO & EBPMS is an acronym. And all three will change the lives of UK hauliers and trailer builders this year!
And normally I hate acronyms (from my Army days). Mostly 3 letter acronyms are bad but as they become bigger 4 and 5 letters they get a life of their own that will only bamboozle the user and listener.
To those precious few who read this blog you will be familiar with the fact that Newton is rabidly pro-planet. Strangely here at Newton we quite like living on this planet and are not hell bent on Formula 1, Truck racing, or helicopter-use and right royally shitting in our own nest.... our competition meh - less so - just read their facebook pages.
Anyway CBAM is new law entering into the EU in 2026 and UK in 2027 - it basically puts the prices up on products that ignore the environmental costs of their production - such as cheap coal carbon and cheap coal steel. So there is not a win for being the 'dirty man' buying cheap steel and cheap aluminium to undercut your competition. So Chinese steel will be 20% more expensive - Swedish steel zero price increase. Simples.
As you will know Newton provide a Carbon calculation on every trailer and every spare part that you purchase already. The ONLY company in Europe to do so. And we have been doing it since 2022!! What a bunch of weirdos.
So at last our passion for living on a clean and happy planet here at Newton's is lining up with new legislation - happy days. Hopefully our customers will not have price increases - as we are already careful about the source of our trailers. Unfortunately for our competion they will pay the price of more expensive clean or CBAM affected dirty steel and aluminium.
Hoorah bring on the future.
Posted by Andrew on 13/01/2026
