History & market Innovations

Van Dalen Products

1996 - 2010

1996 - Van Dalen Design starts as a design bureau for childrens products, specially designed for kinder gardens. One year later the name is first changed in Van Dalen Professioneel Speelgoed and two years later in Van Dalen Products.

2000 - The Bugatti Quatro first drawings are made.

2001 - The Prototype of the Bugatti is ready and tested. This mini go-cart (for children of 3 till 5 years) is with several patents registrated, stearing, transmission and suspension, see octrooinumber: 1017745.

2002 - Fabricage rotation-mold for the somewhat bigger Bugatti Quatro (3 tot 8 jaar).

This year the patent becomes international, and so for the Netherlands for 20 years.

2003 - Markt introduction of the first series Bugatti Quatro's. This year the first drawings are made for the much bigger Jeep VX12.

2004 - First drawings of the Jeep Aqua and the even bigger Aqua Super Six. An amfibie for children of 5 tot 16 year. Fourwheel drive an easy handling by two handles, so that all directions can be directed.

2005/2006 - Further designing of the Jeep VX12; double beld drive transmission and maintenance free body parts, this Jeep is new and a pure innovation of its kind. Next to the Jeep is started with the drawings of a petrol and electric version of this Jeep.

De Aqua Super Six is tested and redesigned into the Jeep Aqua, so the same rotation body can be used, and production can go up.

2007 - This year three new product lines are introduced: (1) the amphibie vehicle the Jeep Aqua, (2) the Jeep Petrol, an off-road go-cart with a 200cc engine designed for adults only, and (3) an inter-active square game, called 'Square Game', designed together with the university TU-Delft en TNO.

Because of the new market potential of adults, a new business event company is started by the name AA Events Europe.

In 2009 there was the introduction of the Jeep Electro Solar, een mini Jeep for children of 5 jaar. Also the newest version of the Jeep VX12 and the push cart Jeep Safari trolley, was first seen in a Libema park: het Safari Park Beekse Bergen. .

In 2010 there will worked on the new Jeep Oxygen, a very innovative engine, which runs on less gas and has no exhaust fumes, an environment friendly product, which should have been there 50 years ago. Hopefully other parties will copy/license this innovation for a better world, where we and our children can live for just a few more years with clean air and clear blue seas.