With more than 124 million euros of CA 96

The 2005 vintage was a very good vintage for the challenger industrial rental Via rental. With an increase of more than 7.5 in 2005 (and a prediction of 5 for 2006), the rental of industrial vehicles is undoubtedly a good dynamics.

An increase of 29 operating income

Last year, companies have indeed anticipated renewal of their Park. The number of registrations thus increased by more than 17 in 2005. Building unprecedented constraints, of any nature, makes the fleet management more and more difficult for the customer who expects more services. It is in this very market requiring Via rental emerged as a leading operator.

Via has specialized in the longstay (4-5 years) of industrial vehicles without driver and maintenance of parks. With more than 124 million euros of CA 96.7 million for his core business, it places among the best performances in the sector. Its operating income rose from EUR 12.4 million in 2004 to 16 million in 2005, an increase of more than 29. Its asset: anticipate the major technical issues. Involved in the privatization of technical controls, the reduction of the permitted speed or the evolution of emission control standards, the client has more than to think about finding a driver!

Via shoot innovation to the technology of the digital tachograph whose arrival and price - 500 to 1,000 euros - concern a number of carriers. "Many have neither the means nor the time to focus on the reading of their driver and mandatory archiving and electronic cards data." From July 1, 2006, Via rental launch form pilot, close to Lille Lesquin Agency, a new benefit of reading maps and data storage. "Drivers will be available to a reading terminal to unload their card data, then automatically archiving data", explains Nicolas trowel, the Chairman of the Board of Via Location.

Via spends 40 of its CA for the purchase of vehicles

To follow the growth of the market, the company aggressively on ways and means. With its investment policy of 50-70 million euros per year in the vehicle fleet, Via lease purchases from 800 to 1 000 trucks per year, 40 of its CA, but debt remains mastered (two times the own funds). On this point, Nicolas trowel is reassuring: "A truck, it is more than two years of sales and a truck rolling average 8 years.". "Renew our fleet is a real investment in the first place but we're here to bring the debt of our customers."

The future The opportunities seem endless. With 60 agencies in France, Via rental opens international: it opened a third agency in Antwerp (Belgium), a second in Breda (the Netherlands) and prepares its entry on the Spanish market. "Following the relocation of our customers, to establish in Europe is essential." "The Spanish market starts, but there must be Spain for rent in Spanish," explains Nicolas trowel. Currently, the France is the country where the rental concept is the most developed, ahead of England where it concerns half of industrial vehicles, and the Belgium with less than 10. In Spain, only 500 vehicles on thousands others living in rental system.