Van Hool

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Van Hool

Company type	Private
Industry	Automotive manufacture Automotive engineering
Founded	1947
Defunct	2024
Headquarters	Koningshooikt, Belgium
Key people	Bernard Van Hool (founder) Filip Van Hool (CEO) Marc Zwaaneveld (co-CEO)[1]
Products	Bus Coach Semi-trailers
Parent	VDL Groep, VDL Bus, and Coach
Subsidiaries	Van Hool USA Van Hool North Macedonia ABC Companies
Website	Official website

Van Hool NV ([vɑn ˈɦoːl]) was a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.

Most of the buses and coaches were built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from Caterpillar, Cummins, DAF and MAN and gearboxes from ZF or Voith. Some production involves building bus and coach bodies on separate bus chassis from manufacturers such as Volvo and Scania.

Worldwide, Van Hool employs 4,500 people and manufactures more than 1,700 buses and coaches (bodyworks and complete vehicles combined) and 5,000 trailers each year. It sells an average of 600 coaches annually in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Van Hool filed for bankruptcy on Friday, 5 April 2024 and was declared bankrupt the following Monday (8 April 2024) by the Commercial Court of Belgium. On 10 April 2024, it was announced that Van Hool's trustees had accepted a takeover bid from Netherlands-based bus manufacturer VDL and Germany-based semi-trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull.^[2]