In 1966 Terberg Special Vehicles built its first 6×6 dump truck for the construction industry and in 1973 its first terminal tractor for handling trailers with cargo in the Port of Rotterdam.
Now, 49 years later, the company has assembled its 25,000th vehicle at the manufacturing plant in Benschop in the Netherlands. Of the 25,000 units, around 20,000 were tractors offering trailer handling solutions for ports, distribution centres, rail terminals and heavy industry.
Apart from in the US, Terberg is the worldwide market leader in shunting tractors. These tailor-made vehicles are supplied to customers in over 90 countries. The company reached this position on the strength of its dedicated people, its ability to listen to customer needs, its smart and lean production processes and its highly motivated distributor network for international sales and support.
Terberg Special Vehicles has a main plant at Benschop in the Netherlands which produces tractors for wordwide sales. Tractors for Asia and the Pacific region are produced by a joint-venture, Terberg Tractors Malaysia. The company has subsidiaries and sales offices in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Dubai (covering the Middle East and Africa) and Miami, USA (covering the Americas and the Caribbean). Other regions are served by a network of independent distributors.
The 25,000th tractor is part of an significant order for DFDS in Denmark. DFDS operates a large fleet of Terberg RoRo tractors in ports in North and West Europe and has been a Terberg customer for almost four decades.
Terberg Special Vehicles forms part of the Terberg Group, a family-owned company which can trace its history back to a village blacksmith who set up his business in 1869. The Group includes 20 companies in the automotive industry and vehicle leasing and has approximately 1,200 employees worldwide.