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Macadam acquires key parts of SGS
Vehicle inspection specialist Macadam Europe has signed an agreement to incorporate the Automotive Asset Assessment & Retail Network Services of SGS – the company widely regarded as the ‘inventor of vehicle inspection’.
The agreement pertains to SGS’s Automotive Asset Assessment and Retail Network Services for Europe and the Middle East. The agreement, which is expected to close on 1 July and is subject to approval with the relevant authorities, will give Macadam a wider range of solutions and a broader presence throughout Europe.
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Webinar: The impact of COVID-19 on Remarketing processes
Our CEO, Bertrand Donck, will, together with Bart Beckers (Arval International) and Tom Knaepkens (Andex), be speaking at the August 26th Fleet Europe FREE Webinar. Hope to see you all there!
VWPFS wants to improve the remarketing process in quantity and quality
Partly thanks to the growth in private leasing, VWPFS has the ambition to grow in number and quality of the remarketing process. Relocating to Zwolle and a collaboration with inspection specialist Macadam should contribute to this.
Private Lease plays an increasingly important role in the world of lease. VWPFS has a large volume of private lease contracts in its portfolio. The question is how this is dealt with when it comes to the inspection procedure. Because consumers are more sensitive to the final inspection than business customers, says remarketingmanager Patrick Weyer. View the interview with him in the following testimonial.
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Bertrand Durand and Vincent Muyllaert to enforce Macadam Group
Macadam, the market leader for end-of-contract vehicle inspections in Benelux and France, appoints Bertrand Durand, effective as from September 2019 as COO of the Group. Previously, Mr Durand led the French division of Macadam. As of that date, Macadam France will be managed by Vincent Muyllaert.
Before joining Macadam France as the Managing Director, Mr Muyllaert was Chief Operating Officer at Alphabet Car Lease France. He also acquired ample experience in managing fleet and mobility solutions at Mercedes-Benz France, Opel France, General Motors France and GE Capital Fleet Services.
In his position as Chief Officer Operation, Mr Durand will assist Bertrand Donck, CEO and will be tasked with continuing the company’s growth path and maintaining the high-quality standards for all services and products.
Over the last six years at Macadam France, Mr Durand successfully tripled the company’s activities. On a European level, he will implement the best practices developed in France in the other markets including the new divisions in Portugal and Italy that have been opened over the last few years.
Macadam Europe will also develop additional products in the fields of vehicle sales and fleet management. PitStop, an interactive management tool for driver changes, rental cars and car sharing, is a prime example of such new services.
The recent alliance of Macadam Europe with EuroFleet Consult enables the company to consolidate its position as market leader and to launch new services like additional trainings aimed at professionals in the vehicle remarketing and sales industries. Large OEM and dealers are already familiar with the Sales Support & Training Programs of EuroFleet Consult. The new tool, Car Cost Advisor, that makes it easy to calculate a vehicle’s TCO, is a first product of this new alliance. More than ever it is important to have a correct estimate of the TCO and, more specificaly, the environmental and fiscal impact of the models on new energy.
Each year, Macadam Europe performs over 500,000 vehicle inspections in 13 countries across the continent and invests 15% of its revenue in Research and Development.
In conversation with AutoleaseWereld
In this video, AutoleaseWereld interviews Gerhard Prent, sales marketing manager Macadam and asks him a number of questions about the current proposition of Macadam Europe. In addition, Gerhard also talks about the future expectations and the enormous expansion of staff and new services.