News overview
Read the latest VDL news and stay up-to-date about our developments.
Corona crisis causing significant drop in revenue and profit
The revenue and result of VDL Groep fell sharply during the corona year 2020. The fact that the industrial family business with its head office in Ein...
19 March 2021
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 remains profitable, despite coronavirus impact
The impact of the coronavirus crisis has not passed VDL Groep by over the past six months. In the first half of 2020, both revenue and profit of this ...
4 September 2020
Annual financial report VDL Groep
For VDL Groep, 2019 was a challenging year in which we saw our turnover and profit fall for the first time since the crisis year 2009. Nevertheless, i...
4 June 2020
Medibus from VDL Bus & Coach serves as mobile laboratory in fight against COVID-19
The Deutsche Bahn (DB) Medibuses, built by VDL Bus & Coach, are currently being used in a large-scale study by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) into th...
29 May 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
Progress in charging infrastructure opens up new avenues for DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power
Improvements in the charging infrastructure have allowed the DAF CF Electric VDL E-Power, which DAF Trucks and VDL Groep developed together, to make h...
6 January 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
VDL secures a mega order: 80 automated guided vehicles for Singapore
VDL Groep consolidates its market position for automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Until 2023, VDL Automated Vehicles will supply no fewer than 80 elect...
27 March 2019