Berkhof
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Berkhof is a Netherlands-based bus and coach builder, founded in 1970 by Arthur Berkhof and his son Henk. They started with only 10 employees in a factory of 1,000 m2 over a area of 4,000 m2. During the first 18 months the company only carried out bus repairs.
In 1985, the operation moves to a brand new factory of 10,000 m2 over an area of 41,000 m2 in Valkenswaard. The number of employees is by now 132. The factory expanded in 1989 with an additional 10,000 m2 resulting in a production facility totalling 20,000 m2 with a capacity of 350 units a year.
1994 saw the acquisition of Jonckheere Bus & Coach in Roeselare, Belgium, a bus and coach manufacturer with a total sales of 400 units per year and 500 employees. The total staff number of employees of the Berkhof Groep has by now reached 1,200.
In 1997, the company changed its name from Berkhof Groep into Berkhof Jonckheere Groep. Then in 1998, the whole company was bought by the VDL Groep.
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