Solaris appoints Van Tilburg-Bastianen Groep B.V. as business partner in the Netherlands
Source:transportweekly 2014-2-26 12:01:00
Solaris has appointed Van Tilburg-Bastianen Groep B.V. to act as an independent seller of its vehicles, covering sales and service across the Netherlands. The contract is open-ended.
Accordingly to the agreement, Van Tilburg-Bastianen Groep B.V. acts as the exclusive and independent seller of Solaris vehicles in the Netherlands. It is also responsible for providing and coordinating maintenance services, spare parts and repair of products, as well as conducting marketing activities relating to Solaris vehicles and ensuring the performance of repairs under warranty in the territory.
Solaris will offer its full range of state of the art city and intercity buses on the Dutch market, including diesel and CNG buses, hybrids and electric battery buses.
"I believe that this new partnership will support both companies' growth strategies by enabling easier access to state-of-the-art Solaris vehicles for Dutch operators. We look forward to a fruitful and long-term cooperation with our new partner", says Martin Gruber, Solaris executive board member for Sales, After Sales, Marketing and Quality Assurance.
Van Tilburg-Bastianen Groep is also very pleased with this appointment and this new partnership. "We do believe that we have an excellent product range with the very modern Solaris busses. We are in the lucky position that we did find an experienced MD, Mr Ton Rijvordt, who will be responsible for the business development of Solaris Bus Nederland B.V. TB does have already several years experience with servicing and maintaining public transport busses in Holland and in Poland. We are looking forward to our new challenge in Holland to reach a significant market share in the public transport sector" says Marc Koenders, CEO of Van Tilburg-Bastianen Groep B.V.
Founded in 1934, Van Tilburg-Basianen Groep B.V is a well-established family company specialising in selling and servicing light and heavy commercial vehicles. The group is one of the biggest DAF dealers in Europe. With its headquarters in Breda, the group employs 600 employees in total.