Van Hool

Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches and trailers. Some of the buses and coaches are built totally by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from Cummins and MAN and gearboxes from ZF or Voith, but their main production consists of building bus and coach bodies on bus chassis from manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Scania.

The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe. Since then, the company has been known for quality and flexibility. The latest market is in Canada with York Region Transit in 2005.

Worldwide Van Hool employs 4,500 people and manufactures over 1,700 buses and coaches (bodyworks and complete vehicles combined) and 5,000 trailers each year. It sells an average of 600 coaches in the US.

Products

A308 midibus
A320 standard bus
A300 standard bus
A300 CNG standard bus
A360 standard bus
A330 standard articulated bus
A330 CNG standard bus
AG300 articulated bus
AG500 articulated bus
AGG300 double articulated bus
A300T trolley bus
AG300T articulated trolley bus
AG300T CNG articulated trolley bus
AG700

T915 Acron coaches
T917 Acron coaches
T917 Astron coaches
T916 Altano coaches
T917 Altano coaches
T918 Altano coaches
TD924 Astromega coaches
TD 927 Astromega coaches
913 CL coaches
915 CL coaches
915TL coaches
T911 Alicron coaches
T915 Alicron coaches

T2145 US coaches
C2045 US coaches

Current competitors

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