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Spijkstaal is a Dutch car company from
De opkomst en ondergang van Spijkstaal
' – Rijnmond, 2 November 2015
In 1934 Gerrit Neuteboom, a smith from
Failliet Spijkstaal werd groot met SRV-wagen
' – Rijnmond, 20 August 2015 In 1938 he founded the company Spijkstaal, producing wagons for the agricultural sector. In the fifties the company diversified to produce trailers, windows and other construction elements, as well as movable bandstands in association with former-wainwright-turned-coachbuilder Henk Koornneef. In 1995, Spijkstaal converted a conventional Volkswagen Caravelle into a fully-electric van that could hold eight passengers, part of a project testing the viability of fully electric consumer vehicles in the Netherlands. Spijkstaal provided the chassis for the
Spijkstaal is a Dutch car company from Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse () is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and has a population of 72,500. It covers an area of of which is water. It is part ...
, Netherlands
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. It specializes in electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quie ...
s, especially trucks for industrial usage. Its electric carts operate in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
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, flower auctions including the Royal FloraHolland
Royal FloraHolland, legally Koninklijke Coöperatieve Bloemenveiling Royal FloraHolland U.A., is a Dutch conglomerate of florists. It is one of the largest auction companies in the world. Royal FloraHolland is headquartered in Aalsmeer, with ...
, and military airfields. Among the general public, Spijkstaal is mostly known for being the manufacturer of mobile grocery stores.Bob Benschop, De opkomst en ondergang van Spijkstaal
' – Rijnmond, 2 November 2015
History
In 1934 Gerrit Neuteboom, a smith from Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse () is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and has a population of 72,500. It covers an area of of which is water. It is part ...
, won first prize in an agricultural exhibition in Kruiningen
Kruiningen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of Reimerswaal, about 5 km south of the village of Yerseke.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
Kruiningen ...
in Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
, image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg
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with a steel-framed farm wagon with pneumatic tire
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which ...
s, which could therefore bear heavier loads and took less horse power to pull.Sjoerd Hiddinga, Failliet Spijkstaal werd groot met SRV-wagen
' – Rijnmond, 20 August 2015 In 1938 he founded the company Spijkstaal, producing wagons for the agricultural sector. In the fifties the company diversified to produce trailers, windows and other construction elements, as well as movable bandstands in association with former-wainwright-turned-coachbuilder Henk Koornneef. In 1995, Spijkstaal converted a conventional Volkswagen Caravelle into a fully-electric van that could hold eight passengers, part of a project testing the viability of fully electric consumer vehicles in the Netherlands. Spijkstaal provided the chassis for the
ParkShuttle
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autonomous shuttle service in Capelle aan den IJssel
Capelle aan den IJssel (; en, Capelle on the IJssel) is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of , of which is water. It is situ ...
and Rotterdam
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. Spijkstaal Elektro B.V. declared bankruptcy
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in 2015 and was acquired in September 2015 by Peinemann Holding, continuing operations as Spijkstaal International B.V.
See also
*List of Western European automobile manufacturers
This is a list of European automobile manufacturers by country. It is a subset of the list of automobile manufacturers for manufacturers based in European countries. It includes companies that are in business as well as defunct manufacturers.
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References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.peinemann.nl/en/spijkstaal/ Transport companies of the Netherlands Companies based in South Holland Nissewaard