English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 5 - 2018 | Page 10
GIANTS ON THE ROAD
Desutter Group
NOOTEBOOM IS NOT JUST A SUPPLIER
BUT A PARTNER
DESUTTER GROUP FROM HARELBEKE (B) COMBINES THE ACTIVITIES OF
THREE COMPANIES THAT ARE ACTIVE IN CRANE HIRE, TIPPER TRANSPORT
AND ABNORMAL TRANSPORT. BROTHERS JAN AND FREDERIK DESUTTER
TALK ENTHUSIASTICALLY ABOUT THE HISTORY, FROM THE START OF
DESTRANS IN 1996 TO THE PLANS FOR THE COMING YEARS. JAN
DESUTTER: “WE HAVE HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH NOOTEBOOM
FOR YEARS. THE QUALITY – OF THE TRAILERS AS WELL AS THE SERVICE –
IS EXCELLENT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE AFTER TOO: WHAT SETS US
APART IS QUALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM. COINCIDENTALLY WE HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON WITH NOOTEBOOM: OUR HOUSE
COLOUR RED IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ‘NOOTEBOOM-RED’.”
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