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Over 150 new generation VDL Citeas for Arriva in West-Brabant

Over 150 new generation VDL Citeas for Arriva in West-Brabant

Public transport operator Arriva has placed an order for as many as 157 new electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach, the buses division of VDL Groep. Thes...
7 oktober 2024
2024: transition year for VDL Groep

2024: transition year for VDL Groep

As forecast, 2024 has been less successful than last year. Events which directly impact the results are coming together, including the further winding...
6 september 2024
Peter Wennink appointed member of the Supervisory Board of VDL Groep

Peter Wennink appointed member of the Supervisory Board of VDL Groep

Peter Wennink has joined the Supervisory Board of VDL Groep. On 1 September 2024, the 67-year-old former CEO of chip machine maker ASML joined the Sup...
2 september 2024
VDL Groep acquires parts of  Flemish bus manufacturer Van Hool

VDL Groep acquires parts of Flemish bus manufacturer Van Hool

VDL Groep is acquiring parts of the Flemish bus manufacturer Van Hool. The family-owned industrial company headquartered in Eindhoven (NL) is acquirin...
11 juni 2024
VDL De Meeuw shares formula for unlocking housing market and accelerating construction

VDL De Meeuw shares formula for unlocking housing market and accelerating construction

To increase the necessary and sought-after productivity levels in construction, the sector needs some fresh perspective. That includes working with a ...
7 juni 2024
VDL Executive Vice Presidents Guus Savenije  and Paul van Vuuren due to retire

VDL Executive Vice Presidents Guus Savenije and Paul van Vuuren due to retire

After 11 and 6 years of service respectively, Guustaaf Savenije (66) and Paul van Vuuren (65), both members of the VDL Groep's Executive Board for 3.5...
5 juni 2024
Eindhoven gets acquainted with new generation Citea

Eindhoven gets acquainted with new generation Citea

Hermes presented its brand new generation of Citea buses to the public on Monday, 27 May 2024. With the deployment of the first 32 of a total of 64 ne...
28 mei 2024
102 electric buses to Oslo: VDL’s largest electric bus fleet to date

102 electric buses to Oslo: VDL’s largest electric bus fleet to date

VDL’s largest fleet of electric buses to date will be operational in Oslo from January 2022. With 102 Citeas, VDL is contributing to an important obje...
11 januari 2021
VDL Groep helps to make Demcon artificial respiration systems

VDL Groep helps to make Demcon artificial respiration systems

Three VDL companies are working hard on making hundreds of artificial respiration systems for our partner Demcon. Within three weeks, Demcon, with the...
23 april 2020
VDL expands Charging Test Centre with new charging technology

VDL expands Charging Test Centre with new charging technology

In cooperation with Siemens, VDL will investigate how vehicle technologies, energy storage and charging systems work together. The VDL Charging Test C...
15 oktober 2019
VDL sees turnover drop and profits rise during the first half of 2019

VDL sees turnover drop and profits rise during the first half of 2019

VDL Groep's turnover in the first half of 2019 was, in line with expectations, slightly lower than in the same period of last year. The result was hig...
23 augustus 2019
Green Truck Award for DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power

Green Truck Award for DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power

The DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power has been voted Green Truck Logistics Solution 2019. On the eve of the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, leading...
5 juni 2019
PSV announce unique partnership

PSV announce unique partnership

PSV will join forces with some big Dutch companies next summer to start an innovative co-operation. ASML, Philips, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, VDL Gro...
23 maart 2019
VDL Groep: satisfied with 2018

VDL Groep: satisfied with 2018

For VDL Groep, the key theme of 2018 was organising the planned growth. Last year, the turnover and result, and the number of employees of the industr...
22 februari 2019
Elekta chooses VDL Groep as supplier of the year

Elekta chooses VDL Groep as supplier of the year

This year, VDL has won a number of prestigious supply awards from leading customers. Recently, Elekta also expressed its appreciation of VDL’s quality...
21 september 2018