Annual report 2012 - VDL
Annual report 2012 - VDL
Annual report 2012 - VDL
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BUSES & COACHES<br />
Public transport buses 39%<br />
Coaches 30%<br />
Parts & services 13%<br />
Second-hand buses 9%<br />
Chassis & chassis modules 5%<br />
Mini & midi buses 3%<br />
High-quality Public Transport Systems 1%<br />
<strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
million euro % million euro %<br />
Public transport buses 168 39 120 30<br />
Coaches 128 30 152 38<br />
Parts & services 57 13 47 12<br />
Second-hand buses 39 9 25 6<br />
Chassis & chassis modules 23 5 38 9<br />
Mini & midi buses 11 3 10 2<br />
High-quality Public Transport Systems 5 1 13 3<br />
431 405<br />
Public transport buses<br />
It was a rather good year for the public transport bus sector, with an upturn in both turnover (40%), from<br />
120 million euro to 168 million euro, and the number of delivered buses. In <strong>2012</strong>, we delivered 730 vehicles<br />
compared to 539 in 2011. This was mainly attributable to the Dutch market, in which many public transport<br />
operators chose <strong>VDL</strong> products, including a large order for 275 Citeas we won for concessions in Friesland<br />
and South Holland, regions of the Netherlands. Included as an integral part of this contract is the maintenance<br />
of the vehicles for more than eight years, for which we have established four workshops in the regions<br />
concerned. We now intend to roll out this full-service approach for our customers in Belgium as well.<br />
Outside our home markets of the Netherlands and Belgium we gained our first solid foothold in Germany<br />
in <strong>2012</strong>. Several cities have chosen <strong>VDL</strong> buses, particularly due to the high fuel economy and<br />
correspondingly lower operating costs and emissions. We also received several orders for the Scandinavian<br />
market in <strong>2012</strong>. In addition to the sales efforts in Europe, <strong>VDL</strong> Bus & Coach is also focusing increasingly on<br />
other areas in the world. We expect to reap the benefits in 2014.<br />
The serial hybrid variant of the Citea is ready for production. We are also working hard on the development<br />
of a fully electric bus, the first of which is expected to be ready in the course of 2013. The technology for<br />
electric vehicles was developed by <strong>VDL</strong> previously for the High-quality Public Transport vehicle, the Phileas.<br />
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