refuelling and loading

Avia Weghorst opens flagship at XL Businesspark Almelo: ‘Responding to mobility demand’

Het nieuwe vlaggenschip van Avia Weghorst in Almelo heeft laadfaciliteiten voor e-trucks die volgens Avia Weghorst tot 'de krachtigste van Europa' behoren. Foto: Avia Weghorst, 2026

Avia Weghorst opened its new flagship filling station at the entrance to XL Businesspark Twente in Almelo on Monday. This is a so-called ‘soft opening’ where visitors can refuel and load at the site from now on. The planned tank shop according to the Hush formula will be opened later this year.

Weghorst’s new Avia refuelling and loading location offers refuelling visitors 11 pumps with 31 hoses offering fossil and more environmentally friendly fuels. The charging plaza can accommodate six passenger cars for charging with a capacity of up to 400 kW. For e-trucks, four charging bays are available with a charging capacity of up to 560 kW, making it among the most powerful in Europe, according to Avia Weghorst. The shop with bakery and seating according to the Hush formula developed in-house by Avia Weghorst is not yet ready. It will open after the summer, possibly together with a ‘grand opening’. To attract extra visitors to XL Businesspark Twente in Almelo, a fasfood restaurant will also open this autumn. Which formula is involved is not known at the moment.

Strategic

Avia Weghorst announced the building plans last May with the unveiling of a large construction sign at the location on the Almelo-Zuid slip road of the A35 motorway. In the process, it was reported that the location will be the company’s new flagship. Together with the company behind the XL Businesspark, Avia Weghorst believes that the now realised mobility hub will be a welcome addition for both daily and occasional visitors to the business park and for business road users on the A35. “It will be our new flagship, right in the heart of our operating area,” Niels Seinen, managing director of Avia Weghorst, said at the time. “It fits our ambition to realise strategically located, future-proof locations that respond to the mobility demand of the future.”

While the construction itself went according to plan, it was a different story with the preliminary process. The licence for the original petrol station was initially awarded to EG Group. After talks in late 2024 between EG Group and Avia Weghorst, the project was handed over to the latter party with the licence. This ended a years-long legal battle.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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