Equestre Americas Magazine - Issue 08 - 2018 Equestre Americas Issue 08 | Page 36

infomer c i a l Mr. McLain Ward & STX Vans it’s all about performance The Stephex Group has a reputation for quality that is 30-years in the making. That’s how long the Stephex brand has been serving equestrian athletes with the best products on the market. Stephex started with the sale of performance horses and has now reached international prominence for its innovative horse trucks. STX is Europe‘s leading horse transport manufacturer reincarnations: from horse trading to designing and with over 600 trucks on the road. Since 2012, STX has manufacturing horse trucks, food trucks, and luxury been producing Europe’s very popular “STX 2 Horses” motorhomes, to organizing 5* international equestrian horse vans, allowing drivers to transport their horses events. with comfort and ease while only requiring a regular class driver‘s license. The story began in 1986 when Stephan Conter decided to start a small trading stable in Londerzeel, STX has now built the European concept on an Belgium. A year later, Conter moved his operation to American-made chassis, creating a new, dynamic option Meise, Belgium to a 12+ acre equestrian complex that for horse transport in the USA. All STX vans are built he would subsequently enlarge. By then, Stephex was using the same production process that has made STX selling over 1,200 jumping horses a year, globally. Europe the most successful and reliable horse transport manufacturer on the continent. Today, Stephex Stables is one of the most highly reputed stables in the equestrian world. It’s home to a number of highly rated riders, including Daniel Deusser About Stephex Group 36 (Longines ranked 22nd) and Lorenzo de Luca (Longines Stephan Conter, founder and CEO of the Stephex ranked 6th), who prepare their horses each day for Group, likes to surprise, enthral, and most of all, do national and international competitions. A lot of equine things differently. His business has undergone numerous success stories also came out of Stephex Stables: horses