Binz (vehicles) explained

Binz GmbH & Co. KG is a coachbuilder and custom vehicle manufacturer. It manufacturers ambulances,^[3] firetrucks, police cars and other emergency-service vehicles as well as modified military vehicles.^[4] It also produces other custom vehicles such as vehicles for the handicapped,^[5] limousines and hearses mainly on a Mercedes-Benz platform.^{[6] [7]} It was founded in 1936 as coachbuilder Binz Lorch & Co by Michael Binz in Lorch, Germany. In the 1950s they also produced the Binz scooter.^[8] In 2012 the RMA Group acquired the assets of Binz Ilmenau to continue its operation as BINZ Ambulance- und Umwelttechnik GmbH.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Der Wirtschaftsraum Ostwürttemberg, Oldenburg 1992,
2. Elektronischer Bundesanzeiger, 3. November 2008, Jahresabschluss zum 31. Dezember 2007 (Electronic Federal Gazette, 3. November 2008, Financial statement 31. December 2007)
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=-ppTAAAAMAAJ&q=binz+gmbh Jane's airport equipment Publisher Jane's Pub. Co., 1983 p.197 p.198 p.644
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=dl8-AQAAIAAJ&q=Binz+GmbH Jane's international defense review: IDR.
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZPAQAAIAAJ&q=Binz+GmbH Medical device register
6. Web site: Binz limousine . 2012-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222051019/http://www.binz-xtend.com/ . 2012-02-22 . dead .
7. Web site: Binz hearse . 2012-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525132709/http://binz-hearse.com/ . 2013-05-25 . dead .
8. https://archive.today/20121209164738/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.germanmotorcycles.cl/Binz/binzcoments.html Binz article by Gerry Frederics
9. http://www.rmagroup.net/rma-acquires-special-vehicle-modifier-binz-expands-offering-of-ambulances-and-emergency-response-vehicles/ Company announcement by RMA Group