Berkhof Groep

200px|right|thumb|Berkhof Excellence 1000 coach with Volvo chassis in Lviv, Ukraine
Berkhof Groep (later Berkhof Jonckheere Groep and VDL Berkhof) was a Netherlands bus and coach builder. They made low-floor articulated trolleybuses for Arnhem in the Netherlands,Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 109. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . and Solingen in Germany.Trolleybus Magazine No. 252 (Nov.-Dec. 2003), p. 132. National Trolleybus Association (UK). . 

 History 
Berkhof Groep was founded in 1970 by Arthur Berkhof and his son Henk. They only repaired buses. 

In 1989, They purchased body of a bus maker Hainje.In Brief Commercial Motor 16 February 1989

In 1994, Berkhof Groep purchased Jonckheere.

In 1997, the company changed its name from Berkhof Groep to Berkhof Jonckheere Groep.

In 1998, it was bought by the VDL Groep,

In 2010, VDL Berkhof, VDL Jonckheere and VDL Bova  were merged into one company called VDL Bus & Coach.

Former models
Ambassador
Axial 50
 Axial 70
 Axial 100 DD
 Eclipse
 Excellence 500
 Excellence 1000
 Excellence 2000 HL / HLE
 Excellence 3000

References

Other websites

VDL Berkhof official website

Category:2010 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Category:VDL Groep
Category:1970s establishments in the Netherlands