On 9 November TVH Group and the shareholders of the France Hayon group signed an agreement of principle for the acquisition of the shares by TVH France of the holding France Hayon Développement (FHD) and 3 of its branches: France Hayon Service (FHS), France Hayon Assistance (FHA) and Manutest. The France Hayon group is the French leader in the distribution of tail lift parts of all makes, and has a strong reputation on the market with regard to after-sales service for tail lifts. Thanks to this agreement TVH expands its knowledge of tail lift parts and confirms its desire to be the European one-stop shop for tail lifts.
Four companies in one group
The France Hayon group is composed of four companies : France Hayon Service (FHS), France Hayon Assistance (FHA), France Hayon Développement (FHD) and Manutest.
FHS, established in 1995, is the French leader in the distribution of tail lift parts of all makes. FHA is a mobile application that links the couriers, repairers and FHS. FHD provides trainings with regard to the maintenance and regulatory period technical inspections. Manutest manages the regulatory periodic inspections of tail lifts in France.
Continuity of the activities
The France Hayon group retains its activity in Châteaubourg (department 35 – Rennes) with 19 employees. Michel Orhant, chairman of the group, and Patrice Bouvier, chief financial officer, both with 30 years of experience, will stay on board in the new structure and will continue to support our mutual development.
Benefits for all parties
Thanks to this agreement TVH expands its knowledge about tail lift parts and the desire to be increasingly present on the market. Furthermore both parties will immediately benefit from an expansion of their respective range of parts for tail lift parts.
“As a result of this agreement TVH will immediately be acknowledged on the market as the efficient all-round partner of after-sales service suppliers for tail lifts”, explains Gonzague Leclercq, General Manager of TVH France.
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TVH Group is an international group with customers in more than 170 countries, and has been split up into 2 business units: Parts and Equipment.
Parts is the one-stop shop for material handling, industrial and agricultural equipment parts and accessories. The unequalled know-how of TVH’s parts division is reflected by a database of more than 21 000 000 article numbers, of which well over 600 000 references are in stock. TVH’s electronics department is Europe’s largest, best-equipped and most diverse service centre for the repair of electronic parts for forklifts, aerial work platforms and industrial vehicles.
Equipment consists of 4 activities: Sales, Rental, Service and Trade. The Sales Division deals in new and second-hand lift trucks and aerial work platforms. With its short- and long-term rental of forklifts and aerial work platforms, the Rental Division is active in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and other European countries. The Service Division is only active in Belgium.
In addition, TVH also has the ‘TVH Training Centre’ where driver trainings and technical courses are given.
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