Timing tugboats  Manufacturers, Traders, Suppliers

Building something special to accomplish something special.
WAS vehicles are produced by 350 employees. They are the result of forward-thinking development and careful workmanship and testing. More than 1600 WAS special vehicles leave our factory in Wietmarschen every year – and each vehicle has lots of features which make an ambulance or special-purpose vehicle truly special – details which make them a special vehicle from the WAS brand.
Discover how a WAS special vehicle is created from a high-performance base vehicle, step by step:
Find out more about our tailor-made solutions and get a feel for the quality, reliability and ergonomics.

Any superstructure...
... is based on a chassis. However, it is the carefully fitted body that turns the chassis into a transport vehicle for multiple applications, protecting and carrying heavy loads.
Carl Friederichs provides made-to-measure special-purpose bodies - for cash-in-transit and valuables transport, guard containers, universal information vehicles, service, van and platform bodies or mini-busses for passenger transport. Our flexibility, specific know-how and close cooperation with our clients help us address your special needs and individual demands.
We take on responsibility. From the very beginning. From quotation over the entire manufacturing process to the handover of the finished vehicle: there is one dedicated team for each order.
Based in Frankfurt but at home around the world ? our special vehicles protect people, cash-in-transit and valuables on all continents. Individual vehicles or complete fleets ? we deliver worldwide.
Just contact us. We are looking forward to building your vehicle!

Trade with service and tradition
For more than 50 years, alga in Sittensen has specialized in buying and selling new and used trucks, trailers, construction machinery and buses.
On a total storage area of approx. 150,000 m² we keep approx. 1,200 - 1,700 vehicle units ready for you at any time. A 9,000 m² multi-purpose hall houses our showroom for new and used buses from many well-known manufacturers.
Decades of experience!
We support your investments with our wide range of vehicles and services.
alga workshop (TBS) - with spare parts distribution worldwide
Comprehensive customer service has always been a special feature of alga. After all, you only earn money with your vehicle when it is ready for use. You can have your vehicle repaired, serviced or converted in our independent, non-brand-affiliated master workshop. From A as in exhaust emission test to Z as in accessory sales, we offer you everything here from a single source.
alga tire center - tire sales for trade and private customers
In our tire center you can get the right tires - for every vehicle or for every manufacturer. As a tire wholesaler with our own tire warehouse, we keep well-known brands in stock in almost all dimensions. From large wheel loader tires to winter tires for your private car - you can get everything from us! If you wish, we can also mount your tires directly in our tire workshop.
alga services
Sale, purchase, leasing, financing, long-term rental. Customer wishes always have right of way with us!
alga - your partner all along the line - directly at the freeway A1 - Hamburg - Bremen