F-TEC's training centre opened in July 2016.

TVH Parts NV has partnered with F-TEC to provide technical and technical-commercial training courses in the UK.

F-TEC (formerly BITA Academy) is a training centre, based in Swindon (UK), offering apprenticeship programs through the BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association) and Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA).

The new collaboration extends TVH training courses, developed at its training centre in Waregem, Belgium, to the UK, while ensuring "that the TVH Training Centre develops further in professional training".

TVH established its training centre in Belgium in 2008.

The first UK courses will start in January 2017. In the meantime, the F-TEC trainers are working through 'train the trainer' sessions with TVH in Waregem to ensure that training is delivered at every location in a consistent manner.

TVH says customers and trainees will benefit from this cooperation by receiving training for their technical and non-technical staff in the electronic and mechanical principles that are present in all types of industrial vehicles. These courses will initially be based on forklift technology; however, it is the intention of TVH and F-TEC to provide training to other sectors of their customer base in the near future.