Spijkstaal is a Dutch car company from

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. It specializes in

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s, especially trucks for industrial usage. Its electric carts operate in

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, flower auctions including the

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, 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

, won first prize in an agricultural exhibition in

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with a steel-framed farm wagon with

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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

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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

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autonomous shuttle service in

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and

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. Spijkstaal Elektro declared

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in 2015 and was acquired in September 2015 by Peinemann Holding, continuing operations as Spijkstaal International.

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External links

* {{Official website, https://www.peinemann.nl/en/spijkstaal/ Transport companies of the Netherlands Companies based in South Holland Nissewaard

History

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