They were one of the pioneers of mass tourism by bus in the 1960s, the very first double-deck touring bus rolled out of their factory and almost every Belgian has ever been in a Van Hool. Yet the iconic bus builder from Lier – still a family business after 77 years – is facing a possibly difficult restructuring. How did it come to this? Can the bus builder still get out of the red, and how?
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The whole world used to want a Van Hool, but now the piggy bank is empty: “It is gnawing that even De Lijn prefers to opt for Chinese buses”
