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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 ParkShuttle autonomous shuttle service in Capelle aan den IJssel and Rotterdam. Spijkstaal Elektro B.V. declared
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. 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
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport ( nl, Luchthaven Schiphol, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province ...
, flower auctions including the Royal FloraHolland, 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 in Zeeland with a steel-framed farm wagon
A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.
Wagons are immediately distinguished f ...
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 autonomous shuttle service in Capelle aan den IJssel and Rotterdam. 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 manufacturersReferences
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.peinemann.nl/en/spijkstaal/ Transport companies of the Netherlands Companies based in South Holland Nissewaard