Andrew N24

Dutch Automotive Industries

  The Netherlands has a long history in the world automotive industries. Theres some multi million veichle manufacturing company that based in the Netherlands. DAF Trucks is one of them, it’s founded in 1928 by Hubert Van Doorne. In its early years, DAF focused on producing heavy duty trucks and lorries. Until in the mid 50s they started creating passenger car called DAF 600. Besides of automobile industries, the Netherlands also have an aircraft manufacturer called Spyker/Spijker. In the early 20th centuries Spijker made 3 models of small aircraft the v.1, v.2, and v.3. They made less than a hundred small planes. Its because of they didnt made an powerfull engine, so that no one got intrested. Even though they did not manage to produce any commercial aircraft, their name is still written on the aviation history. The Netherlands also had an engine manufacturer named Brons that existed from 1907-2004. In this long period of time, they’ve made more than 4000 engines for large machines. They also have 3 patents for rotary engine, hydrocarbon engine, and multi combustion motor.