{"id":116659,"date":"2017-10-19T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=116659"},"modified":"2017-10-19T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T16:35:09","slug":"vdl-bus-coach-start-new-business-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/vdl-bus-coach-start-new-business-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"VDL Bus &#038; Coach to start new business in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Impression-VDL-Futura-FDD2-Connexxion-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VDL Bus and Coach opens a new subsidiary in the Spanish capital Madrid. The choice to open a subsidiary in Spain is the continuation of VDL&#8217;s strategy to establish a direct presence of the buses &#038; coaches division in the major bus markets in Western Europe. The Spanish bus market is currently undergoing a remarkable boom. After the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, Spain is Europe&#8217;s fourth bus and coach market, and it is the second coach market after Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very proud of the fact that we are also active in this tremendously attractive market with a fully owned VDL Bus &#038; Coach subsidiary. Following a sharp fall during the financial crisis, the market in Spain is now undergoing rapid growth,\u201d says Commercial Director Marcel Jacobs of VDL Bus &#038; Coach.<\/p>\n<p>VDL Bus &#038; Coach Espan\u0303a is led by Anno Dirksen. He spent the past nine years as managing director of VDL Bus &#038; Coach Italia. The core activities of VDL Bus &#038; Coach consist of the development, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales of a wide range of buses, coaches and chassis modules, the conversion or extension of mini &#038; midi buses and the purchase and sales of second-hand buses. 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