Berkhof Groep

Berkhof Groep
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1970
FounderArthur Berkhof
Henk Berkhof
Defunct2010
SuccessorVDL Bus & Coach
Headquarters
The Netherlands
ProductsBuses
ParentVDL Groep
SubsidiariesJonckheere
Websitewww.vdlberkhof.com

Berkhof Groep (later Berkhof Jonckheere Groep and VDL Berkhof) was a Netherlands bus and coach builder. They made low-floor articulated trolleybuses for Arnhem in the Netherlands,[1] and Solingen in Germany.[2]

History

Berkhof Groep was founded in 1970 by Arthur Berkhof and his son Henk. They only repaired buses.

In 1989, They purchased body of a bus maker Hainje.[3]

In 1994, Berkhof Groep purchased Jonckheere.

In 1997, the company changed its name from Berkhof Groep to Berkhof Jonckheere Groep.

In 1998, it was bought by the VDL Groep,

In 2010, VDL Berkhof, VDL Jonckheere and VDL Bova were merged into one company called VDL Bus & Coach.

Former models

  • Ambassador
  • Axial 50
  • Axial 70
  • Axial 100 DD
  • Eclipse
  • Excellence 500
  • Excellence 1000
  • Excellence 2000 HL / HLE
  • Excellence 3000

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 109. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
  2. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 252 (Nov.-Dec. 2003), p. 132. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  3. ↑ In Brief Commercial Motor 16 February 1989

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