D'Ieteren
| D'Ieteren SA
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| legal form | SA |
| ISIN | BE0974259880 |
| founding | 1805 |
| Seat |
Brussels , Belgium
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| management | Axel Miller |
| Number of employees | 32,951 (2012) |
| sales | EUR 3 578 million (2018) |
| Branch | Automotive services |
| Website | www.dieteren.com |
The D'Ieteren SA is a publicly listed Belgian company based in Brussels , which was founded in 1805 by Joseph-Jean D'Ieteren in Brussels. The company is mainly active in vehicle sales. The group of companies has 19 million customers in 120 countries on five continents.
activities
D'Ieteren is divided into several segments:
- Vehicle sales for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Škoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Porsche and Yamaha in Belgium (sales of EUR 3.4 billion).
- Repair and replacement of vehicle glass in Europe, North America, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand by Belron , namely by the brands Carglass , junited AUTOGLAS and Autoglass in Europe, Safelite, Auto Glass Specialists, Elite Auto Glass, Diamond Triumph Glass, Lebeau Vitres d'Autos , Speedy Glass, Apple Auto Glass and Duro in North America, O'Brien in Australia and Smith & Smith in New Zealand (sales of EUR 3.8 billion).
- High-quality Moleskine branded paper goods (sales of EUR 174 million).
- Real estate (net rental income of EUR 19 million).
history
The company D'Ieteren was founded in the 19th century by the coachbuilder Joseph-Jean D'Ieteren in Brussels. The company kept pace with developments in the transport sector and developed from a vehicle business to an industrial business. At the beginning of the 20th century, D'Ieteren began producing car bodies for export. Later, the assembly and import of cars and trucks continued.
After the Second World War, D'Ieteren received the exclusive import rights for Studebaker (1945), Volkswagen (1948) and Porsche (1950). The VW Beetle was assembled from 1954 . The car rental business began in 1956 with the rental of the Volkswagen Beetle on the Belgian market. In 1958 D'Ieteren got the Avis license for Belgium. The company imports and sells other makes of the Volkswagen Group: Audi (1974), Seat (1984), Škoda Auto (1992), Bentley (2000), Lamborghini (2001) and Bugatti (2006), as well as products from Yamaha (1975).
In 1999, D'Ieteren and the Cobepa Group took over the majority in Belron as part of a joint venture and thus in the world market leader in the repair and replacement of vehicle glass . In November 2017, a 40% stake in Belron was sold to the US private equity investor Clayton Dubilier & Rice ; the company now holds 54.1% of Belron, but the management is now with CD&R and the management.
In September 2016, d'Ieteren acquired a 41% stake in Moleskine for the first time ; this was increased to 100% following a public takeover offer in early 2017.
Web links
- D'Ieteren History. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
- The Hanokiens - D'Ieteren. Retrieved July 14, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Miller to succeed Jean-Pierre Bizet as managing director - CEO of D'Ieteren , August 1, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e Annual Report 2018 , accessed on June 23, 2019 (pdf, English)
- ↑ Belron has been accounted for as an investment since the 2018 financial year ( at equity ); see Annual Report 2018
- ↑ Histoire. In: dieteren.com. Retrieved June 23, 2017 (French).
