Scania Australia has officially opened its newest Western Australian branch, unveiling its new Hope Valley site south of Perth last week.
The 19,000 m2 sales and service site, located at 6 Armstrong Road, includes a stand-alone 3500 m2 regional warehouse that will supply WA Scania on-road customers and off-road mining and resources clients.
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Scania says it will assist the existing Kewdale site with the implementation of Scania’s industry leading autonomous and EV mining truck solutions.
“Hope Valley is our second company-owned sales and service location in the Perth region, and it is well situated close to the developing Kwinana outer harbour port facility, and supported by upgraded road infrastructure,” Scania dealer director for WA, SA and the NT Michael Berti says.
“Demand for Scania products has been increasing significantly in The West over the past decade, and we were very much in need of additional service and parts facilities to maintain our customers’ uptime, and that of our projected conquests over the medium term.
“We opened a new dedicated parts distribution warehouse in Welshpool only around four years ago, but such has been the growth of the Scania business in Western Australia, this facility has already surpassed all expectations, and this in part prompted us to further expand our parts capacity at Hope Valley.
“We have effectively doubled our available warehousing floorspace, and the storage height available, to handle current demand and support future developments in both ICE and BEV product ranges.”
Scania uniquely owns and operates its sales and service locations in capital cities around the country, and the Hope Valley facility is the 10th in the Australian network.
Customers are also supported via a network of more than 60 authorised independent dealers across truck, bus, marine and industrial engine applications.
The new Scania workshop comprises three work-bays and a maintenance pit, as well as a full complement of vehicle testing equipment including shakers and rollers for assessing suspension, braking and steering components.
The site is located close to major routes for easy accessibility, especially by larger WA-style combinations, with the maintenance pit designed to accept extra-long multi-trailer vehicles without decoupling. Large crossovers and hardstands will provide ease of access for vehicles up to 36.5 m in length, such as B-triples.
Additionally, trailers and trailer equipment can be serviced on site along with vocational rigids (such as construction and jetvac trucks, as well as fire appliances), making life easier for customers by offering a one-stop-shop service destination.
“This new addition to the Scania network of company-owned workshops and parts warehouses is a logical step for us to maintain high levels of customer uptime and to further encourage the uptake of repair and maintenance contracts, assisted by Scania’s ever-growing array of vehicle productivity and efficiency programmes,” says Scania Australia managing director Manfred Streit.
“Scania is a global industry leader in connected services, which allows us to monitor very accurately how vehicles are performing and provide timely scheduled servicing which prevents unplanned downtime, underpinning customer profitability potential.
“By increasing the capacity for regular maintenance in our own workshops, our customers will have access to the most advanced in-service vehicle management available.
“We know mining customers demand and depend on predictable uptime. This is underscored by the huge cost of unplanned downtime. We have configured our service scheduling and parts supplies to take account of this.
“For on-road customers, the uptime issue is no less important, and given WA’s geographic position establishing a larger parts warehouse and additional service capacity south of Perth is a necessary development for Scania, to underpin business growth and continued customer success using our products.”
