Mayer Cars & Trucks Co.
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מאיר חברה למכוניות ומשאיות בע"מ
Head office: Hamasger 50, Tel Aviv, Israel Tel.: +972-35689999
A private Israeli vehicles and transportation company. The company imports and markets cars, trucks, buses, engines, and heavy mechanical machinery, and provides leasing, trade-in, insurance and funding services.
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and services to the Israeli Prison Services (IPS). In addition, the company also supplies armored buses and bus lines to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer supplied the IMOD Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services for existing Volvo equipment in the ministry’s use for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17, 792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Volvo’s heavy machinery was documented in numerous demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Volvo equipment was also used in the construction of Israeli settlements and in the construction of the Separation Wall. For the full company profile see Volvo.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Through its subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd., jointly held with Volvo Group, the company provides armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and to transportation companies operating bus lines in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The company also operates a service center in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
The company has also provided buses for the Israel Prison Service. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies.
Kavim Public Transportation
The company’s fully owned subsidiary, Kavim Public Transportation operates bus lines and service centers in settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. The company operates public bus lines to and between the settlements of Elad, Ariel, Mevo Horon, Giva'at Ze'ev, Beitar Illit and Modiin Illit in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
For the full company profile see Kavim Public Transportation.
In 2017, the company’s fully owned subsidiary, K.S. Holdings & Properties Mayer Ltd., mortgaged a 9,163 square meter property located in Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, for NIS 2,500,000 to Bank Hapoalim. According to the loan documents, the company holds the plot under a leasing agreement with the Civil Administration in the West Bank.
Services to the Israeli Police:
In 2019 and 2020, the company provided maintenance services to buses and marine engines serving the Israeli police. Additionally, in 2020 the company sold a bus to the Israeli police in an amount of NIS 1,123,697.
A private Israeli vehicles and transportation company. The company imports and markets cars, trucks, buses, engines, and heavy mechanical machinery, and provides leasing, trade-in, insurance and funding services.
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and services to the Israeli Prison Services (IPS). In addition, the company also supplies armored buses and bus lines to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer supplied the IMOD Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services for existing Volvo equipment in the ministry’s use for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17, 792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Volvo’s heavy machinery was documented in numerous demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Volvo equipment was also used in the construction of Israeli settlements and in the construction of the Separation Wall. For the full company profile see Volvo.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Through its subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd., jointly held with Volvo Group, the company provides armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and to transportation companies operating bus lines in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The company also operates a service center in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
The company has also provided buses for the Israel Prison Service. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies.
Kavim Public Transportation
The company’s fully owned subsidiary, Kavim Public Transportation operates bus lines and service centers in settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. The company operates public bus lines to and between the settlements of Elad, Ariel, Mevo Horon, Giva'at Ze'ev, Beitar Illit and Modiin Illit in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
For the full company profile see Kavim Public Transportation.
In 2017, the company’s fully owned subsidiary, K.S. Holdings & Properties Mayer Ltd., mortgaged a 9,163 square meter property located in Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, for NIS 2,500,000 to Bank Hapoalim. According to the loan documents, the company holds the plot under a leasing agreement with the Civil Administration in the West Bank.
Services to the Israeli Police:
In 2019 and 2020, the company provided maintenance services to buses and marine engines serving the Israeli police. Additionally, in 2020 the company sold a bus to the Israeli police in an amount of NIS 1,123,697.
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Mayer Cars & Trucks Co.
מאיר חברה למכוניות ומשאיות בע"מ
Head office: Hamasger 50, Tel Aviv, Israel Tel.: +972-35689999
A private Israeli vehicles and transportation company. The company imports and markets cars, trucks, buses, engines, and heavy mechanical machinery, and provides leasing, trade-in, insurance and funding services.
Mayer’s Cars and Trucks supplies Volvo equipment to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and services to the Israeli Prison Services (IPS). In addition, the company also supplies armored buses and bus lines to settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
According to a response from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from June 2022 to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits, between 2017 and 2021, Mayer supplied the IMOD Volvo equipment, including Volvo vehicles, Volvo spare parts and maintenance services for existing Volvo equipment in the ministry’s use for NIS 28,104,830.98. In addition to Volvo equipment, Mayer provided the IMOD with NIS 17, 792,161.94 worth of additional equipment, including engines, generators and spare parts.
Volvo’s heavy machinery was documented in numerous demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Volvo equipment was also used in the construction of Israeli settlements and in the construction of the Separation Wall. For the full company profile see Volvo.
Merkavim Transportation Technologies
Through its subsidiary, Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd., jointly held with Volvo Group, the company provides armored buses to settlements in the occupied West Bank and to transportation companies operating bus lines in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The company also operates a service center in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
The company has also provided buses for the Israel Prison Service. For the full company profile see Merkavim Transportation Technologies.
Kavim Public Transportation
The company’s fully owned subsidiary, Kavim Public Transportation operates bus lines and service centers in settlements in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. The company operates public bus lines to and between the settlements of Elad, Ariel, Mevo Horon, Giva'at Ze'ev, Beitar Illit and Modiin Illit in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
For the full company profile see Kavim Public Transportation.
In 2017, the company’s fully owned subsidiary, K.S. Holdings & Properties Mayer Ltd., mortgaged a 9,163 square meter property located in Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, for NIS 2,500,000 to Bank Hapoalim. According to the loan documents, the company holds the plot under a leasing agreement with the Civil Administration in the West Bank.
Services to the Israeli Police:
In 2019 and 2020, the company provided maintenance services to buses and marine engines serving the Israeli police. Additionally, in 2020 the company sold a bus to the Israeli police in an amount of NIS 1,123,697.
Ownership
The Pheonix Holdings Ltd. (13.96%), Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd. (5.3%), Kass 1 Ltd. (13.3%), Kass 2 Ltd. (13.3%), Kass 3 Ltd. (13.3%), Jacob and Nilly Shahar 1 Ltd. (13.3%), Jacob and Nilly Shahar 2 Ltd. (13.3%), Jacob and Nilly Shahar 3 Ltd. (13.3%),
CEO: Haggai Dekel.
Subsidiaries
Kavim Public Transportation Ltd. (100%), K.S. Holdings & Properties Mayer Ltd (100%), Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd. (73.4%), Ko-Gol Unitrade Ltd. (50%), Mayer Davidov Real Estate Ltd. (50%), Mayer Kavim Kesher, L.P.
Partners
The company is the exclusive importer of Volvo in Israel.
The company holds the concession in Israel for Honda Cars, Renault Trucks, Zhongtong Electric Buses, Terex Cranes, Polestar and Lynk & Co Cars.
* This section refers to the company's general business partners