VDL Groep

VDL Groep, headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is an international industrial family business with 94 operating companies, spread throughout 20 countries, with more than 16,000 employees. The VDL companies break down into four divisions: Subcontracting, Car Assembly, Buses and Coaches and Finished products. Strength through cooperation. That is the cornerstone of VDL Groep. The company was founded in 1953 by Pieter van der Leegte. Initially, VDL Groep specialised in metalworking. Later the portfolio was expanded to include plastics processing, the development, manufacture and sale of buses and coaches, and high-tech subcontracting for the semiconductor industry and others.