News overview
Read the latest VDL news and stay up-to-date about our developments.
Announcement of intent: VDL Castings Heerlen to phase out casting operations
VDL Castings Heerlen plans to phase out operations and cease business activities over the course of 2024. To this effect, a request for advice has bee...
5 January 2024
VDL Groep strengthens position in electronics with Rena acquisition
VDL Groep has strengthened its position in the high-quality electronics market. The industrial family business with its head office in Eindhoven has a...
1 December 2023
VDL Nedcar to reduce number of employees by 2,000 by 1 March 2024
As previously announced, due to the planned production stop for BMW Group and the inability to find direct connection with other automotive projects, ...
2 November 2023
102 electric buses to Oslo: VDL’s largest electric bus fleet to date
VDL’s largest fleet of electric buses to date will be operational in Oslo from January 2022. With 102 Citeas, VDL is contributing to an important obje...
11 January 2021
Virtual commissioning is pure gain in time and money
Virtual commissioning and the use of smart visualization and diagnostic software result in savings in time and hence money for VDL Steelweld in Breda....
15 September 2020
VDL Groep helps to make Demcon artificial respiration systems
Three VDL companies are working hard on making hundreds of artificial respiration systems for our partner Demcon. Within three weeks, Demcon, with the...
23 April 2020
VDL AEC Maritime secures order for scrubber systems in Greece
VDL AEC Maritime in Eindhoven has received a significant order for the delivery of seven scrubber systems from Greece based ship management company, T...
18 November 2019
VDL expands Charging Test Centre with new charging technology
In cooperation with Siemens, VDL will investigate how vehicle technologies, energy storage and charging systems work together. The VDL Charging Test C...
15 October 2019
VDL presents first electric vehicles for waste collection
VDL Translift in Dronten has presented the first electric vehicles for the collection of waste and raw materials, together with public waste collector...
11 October 2019
VDL sees turnover drop and profits rise during the first half of 2019
VDL Groep's turnover in the first half of 2019 was, in line with expectations, slightly lower than in the same period of last year. The result was hig...
23 August 2019
VDL Groep wins Dutch Innovation Award
VDL Groep has won the 2019 Dutch Innovation Award. This award is a recognition of the innovative strength and social impact of this family company, wh...
26 June 2019
Green Truck Award for DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power
The DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power has been voted Green Truck Logistics Solution 2019. On the eve of the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, leading...
5 June 2019
PSV announce unique partnership
PSV will join forces with some big Dutch companies next summer to start an innovative co-operation. ASML, Philips, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, VDL Gro...
23 March 2019
VDL ETG builds complex frames for Zeiss
VDL ETG has won a major contract. For Zeiss, VDL ETG will build frames that assure the precise suspension and positioning of the mirrors produced by t...
22 March 2019
VDL Steelweld grows thanks to large orders
The future of VDL Steelweld looks bright over the coming years. The VDL company based in Breda, which develops automated production lines for automoti...
11 March 2019