Sales, workshop, paint shop and rental for caravans, motor homes and vans – also for other makes.
Caravan Center Bocholt GmbH & Co. KG
Bocholt (DE)New on Amplifa
About Caravan Center Bocholt
Caravan Center Bocholt is a specialist caravaning business for caravans, motor homes and vans based in Bocholt on the Lower Rhine. The company sells new and used vehicles from brands such as Fendt, Hobby, Knaus, Weinsberg and Carthago, takes used vehicles in trade-in or purchase, and offers financing advice. Services include its own workshop with 23 workstations, a paint shop with a 14-metre-long paint booth, an in-house joinery for wooden fittings, bodywork including plastics welding technology, as well as tyre service, vehicle scales and a brake test rig. Service and repair work and retrofit installations (SAT, solar, heating, extensions) are also carried out on vehicles of all other manufacturers. The 60,000 m² site on the A3 houses the exhibition, sales hall, workshop area and a Fritz Berger accessories shop. The company also rents out rental vehicles, caravans and motor homes and operates an indoor playground.
- Site
- Bocholt
- Processes
- Workshop service/repair for caravans, motor homes and vans (also other makes), Woodworking/joinery (designing and processing wood elements, wooden fittings), Painting (new and repainting, colour reconstruction, filler work), HBC/HBZ processes (dent repair/repair of dents, marks and textured panels), Plastics welding technology (repair of cracks and holes in plastic parts), Bodywork (with plasma cutter), Brake testing (brake system adjustment, brake test rig), Vehicle weighing (vehicle scales)
- Materials
- Wood (various common manufacturer woods), Plastic, Paint/Body Painting, Wood, Steel/Body Sheet Metal
- Employees
- 135
- Industries
- Caravanning/Motor Home Trade
- 01
Sales of new and used vehicles
- 02
Purchase/trade-in of used vehicles
- 03
Financing advice
- 04
Workshop service and repair
- 05
Joinery (wooden fittings)
- 06
Bodywork and paint shop
- 07
Retrofitting of components
- 08
Delivery
- 09
Rental
Materials & Processes
Paint/Body Painting
New and repainting as well as colour reconstruction with a pool of 80 individual colour tones on vehicle sheet metal and plastic parts.
Wood
Various common manufacturer woods are processed in the in-house joinery for wooden fittings.
Plastic
Plastics welding technology for repairing cracks and holes in plastic parts such as wheel arches or rear skirts.
Steel/Body Sheet Metal
Bodywork including HBC/HBZ processes for dent repair, also on textured panels.
Locations
Bocholt
DEHead office: exhibition, sales, workshop, paint shop, joinery, rental, Berger shop
- Part weight / size
- up to 9 tonnes on scissor lifts
- Lot size
- approx. 280 service orders/week
- Materials
- Wood, plastic, steel/paint
- 8 column lifts for caravans
- 3 9-tonne scissor lifts
- Scissor lift for dialogue intake and brake system adjustment
- Scissor lift in the paint area
- 14 m long paint booth (12 m × 5 m, air-conditioned, sectional)
- Colour tone measuring device
- Plasma cutter
- Vehicle scales
- Brake test rig
- Vehicle scanner
- Diagnostic and measuring technology
- Joinery with saws and extraction system
Services & Vehicles
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop service/repair for caravans, motor homes and vans (also other makes)Assembly | – | – | 9 tonnes (scissor lifts) | 280 service orders/week | Wood (fittings/joinery), Plastic (plastics welding technology), Steel (bodywork) |
| Woodworking/joinery (designing and processing wood elements, wooden fittings)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Painting (new and repainting, colour reconstruction, filler work)Surface | – | 12 m (paint booth) × 5 m (paint booth) | – | – | Paint on vehicle sheet metal and plastic parts |
| HBC/HBZ processes (dent repair/repair of dents, marks and textured panels)Surface | – | – | – | – | Steel (textured panels/hammer finish), Plastic replacement parts (wheel arch, rear skirt) |
| Plastics welding technology (repair of cracks and holes in plastic parts)Joining | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Bodywork (with plasma cutter)Machining | – | – | – | – | Steel/body sheet metal |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brake testing (brake system adjustment, brake test rig)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vehicle weighing (vehicle scales)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tyre serviceAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diagnostics on vehicle electrics (diagnostic technology incl. measuring technology for baseTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vehicle rental (caravans, motor homes, vans)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
12 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Column lifts for caravans | – | 8 | – | – | Bocholt |
| 9-tonne scissor lifts for large motor homes | – | 3 | – | – | Bocholt |
| Small scissor lift (dialogue intake, brake system adjustment) | – | 1 | – | – | Bocholt |
| Scissor lift in the paint area | – | 1 | – | – | Bocholt |
| – | – | 1 | 12 m length × 5 m height | – | Bocholt |
| Colour tone measuring device | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Plasma cutter for bodywork | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Vehicle scales | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Brake test rig | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Vehicle scanner (documentation at intake) | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Large saws with extraction system (joinery) | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
| Diagnostic technology incl. measuring technology for all base vehicles | – | – | – | – | Bocholt |
Additional services
History
- 1996
Start of business operations; the company is today run by three siblings.
- (unbek.)
Move to the newly built site at Wüppings Weide 10-13 with an expanded paint shop, workshop and integrated Fritz Berger shop.