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Type
  
Privately held company

Products
  
Cars

CEO
  
Janus Smalbraak (2010–)

Headquarters
  
Almere

Founded
  
1980

Industry
  
Automotive

Website
  
[1]

Number of employees
  
13,000

Founder
  
Ben Pon

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Key people
  
Janus Smalbraak (Executive)

Parent organization
  
Houdstermaatschappij Wilg B.V.

Subsidiaries
  
Derby Cycle, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Gazelle

Pon Holdings BV is a Dutch conglomerate in the transportation sector. It was founded in 1980 by Ben Pon (junior), a former racing car driver and son of Ben Pon, who became importer of Volkswagen in the Netherlands in 1947.

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Transport

Pon Holdings operates in automotive and transportation sectors through many subsidiaries, involving in activities such as:

  • Distribution of consumer automotive brands in the Netherlands: Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Škoda, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti and Porsche.
  • Distribution of commercials vehicles the Netherlands: MAN, Caterpillar and Motrac
  • Importation of Continental.
  • Operator of several garages.
  • Owner of Reifen Gundlach, Summa Tyre and Euro-Tyre.

    • Other activities

  • Car leasing, such as Dutchlease.
  • Owner of Gazelle
  • Owner of Derby Cycle in Cloppenburg.
  • Owner of Cervélo.
  • Owner of Union
  • Owner of Santa Cruz Bicycles

    • History

  • 1986: Takeover importership of Seat
  • 1988: Takeover of Transmark Groep, Motrac (Linde)
  • 1992: Takeover importership of Škoda
  • 1995: Founding of BelCompany in cooperation with Macintosh Retail Group
  • 1998: Founding of Pon North America
  • 2003: Takeover of Geveke N.V., Founding of Pon Equipment & Power Systems
  • 2005: Founding of Pon Logistic Solutions, Shanghai, China
  • 2011: Takeover of Gazelle
  • 2011: Takeover importership of Cervélo.

    • Pre-dating Pon Holding

    In 1895 Mijndert Pon, father of Ben Pon (senior) operated a vehicle repairshop. His sons Ben and Wijnand took ownership of the company.

  • 1931: Founding of Pon's Automobielhandel (by then a chain of car dealerships) by Ben and his brother Wijnand Pon
  • 1936: importership Continental AG en Federal
  • 1947: importership Volkswagen
  • 1948: importership Porsche

    • References

    Pon Holdings Wikipedia
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