Thule has acquired anhaenger-center.com, a leading German rental trailer company. Anhaenger-center.com is family owned. The company is based in Neu Ulm showing annual sales of 2.5 million ($3.1 mm) with good profitability.
“Germany has a huge potential when it comes to the Rental concept”, says Kenneth Lundahl, Division President for Thule's Trailer division. “Anhaenger-center.com is a very good hub to enter the German market utilizing our know-how of the Scandinavian Rental system”, Kenneth Lundahl continues.
“We welcome Thule as our new owner. The strong international brand and the support from the Thule Rental organization will be vital to capture further growth in the German market”, says Thomas Fichte, owner of anhaenger-center.com.
Germany has around 55 million cars of which around 6 million have towbars. The Rental market is strongly expanding foremost through new establishments at gas stations. Anhaenger-center.com is the only full service provider on the German market and has seen double digit growth rates since its start in 2001. During the integration phase anhaenger-center.com will change name to Thule Rental.
