De Putter & Co - MAN Truck & Bus

MAN Truck & Bus Belgium acquires both branches of Garage De Laak

MAN Truck & Bus Belgium NV, the Belgian importer of commercial vehicles of the brands MAN and Neoplan, is further expanding its network of own branches with the acquisition of the dealerships De Laak in Geel and Thimister-Clermont. This expansion is part of its network strategy, which aims for a presence of own branches in strategic regions and a good mix of own retail and private owned dealers.

Garage De Laak, owned by the Vos family, founded in 1966 in the Kempen region and became an official MAN dealer in 1972.
In 1996 premises in Geel were put into use and in 2014 a 2nd MAN branch was opened in Thimister-Clermont to serve the wide region around Liège.

In a rapidly changing economic landscape, the Vos family decided to hand over De Laak. An opportunity that MAN Truck & Bus Belgium did not want to miss. The garage activities in Geel and Luik, including the entire workforce of 50 employees, were integrated into the new MAN structure and will from now on continue under the MAN Kempen (Geel) and MAN Luik (Thimister-Clermont) brand.

De Putter & Co assisted MAN Truck & Bus Belgium with the transaction.

Customer: MAN Truck & Bus Belgium NV
www.man.eu/be
Published: 2025