“We believe 2013 will bring stability for EVW Holding because of the steps taken last year, which will help consolidate our business,” Adrian Gorcea, sales & marketing manager of EVW Holding, told ZF Transilvania.
EVW Holding, based in Cluj-Napoca, has five lines of business: sales of new trucks (sole authorized dealer of DAF in Romania, dealer of Isuzu and Tatra), sales of used trucks (all brands of second-hand commercial utility vehicles), sales of truck parts, sales of truck tires (both premium and second line tires), truck servicing (DAF and multibrand).
“EVW Holding’s strategy will focus on consolidation rather than expansion of sales and service network this year, because we can cover the market with the ten branches we have,” Gorcea added.
EVW Holding ended 2012 with revenues of about EUR57 million, but its officials did not say what revenue they expected for this year. EVW Holding’s DAF sales account for 17% of the over 16-ton vehicle market.
A Romanian-Dutch company, EVW Holding is currently employing more than 450 people and is controlled by Ad van Wijk, Gheorghe Ioan Chita and Mircea Dorel Muresan, who also own logistics business Logistic E van Wijk. EVW Holding’s most important competitors are Mercedes-Benz and Volvo.
EVW Holding will complete investment in a tire recapping plant in Gilau, Cluj County next month. The investment amounts to about EUR1.2 million and production should start in late May.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)