Near Dortmund airport, in the industrial heart of Germany, Riwal has set up its first German rental location. With its headquarters in The Netherlands and amongst others operations in Denmark, Poland and France Riwal has had many eyes on the neighbouring country for some time. "It was just a matter of finding the right local people to open up Riwal Germany GmbH." says Dick Schalekamp, Riwal's CEO. In their search Søren Rosenkrands, Riwal's GM in Denmark, contacted Christoph Scheeben, with whom he had worked for a large German rental company. "In Christoph we have found the experience, skills and motivation that are needed in order to start, build and manage the Riwal business in Germany successfully." Scheeben is confident that Riwal Germany can make a jump start from the Dortmund location. "Compared to most other European countries the German access rental business seems to have suffered less and in several industries and areas like the enormous Ruhr area short term prospects are positive. We believe that with a combination of experienced staff from the industry and the best available equipment of manufacturers like JLG, Genie, Teupen, Wumag, Ruthmann and Holland Lift we can succeed anywhere. Obviously our primary focus is to be successful with self propelled and truck mounted aerial work platforms as well as telehandlers in the 'Ruhrgebiet'. However for the coming years, we will also be looking at other parts of Germany to penetrate in with the help of the Team Riwal members in Denmark, France and Poland. We aim to add more depots in areas that will bring profitable business. We also seek co-operation with other rental companies, a formula that has proved well for the Team Riwal in other regions in the past”
Riwal Germany officially started its activities on May 1st, 2010 from a 3,000 m2 depot in Dortmund-Wickede.
About Riwal Deutschland GmbH Søren Rosenkrands (Geschäftsführer): Tel. +45 29680610 s.rosenkrands@riwal.com | |
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