Volvo Group Australia has announced it last week finalised the acquisition of a private dealer partner, recognising the history of the site and its importance to the brand locally.
On August 1, Volvo finalised its acquisition of Truck Centre WA.
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The dealer business was first founded by Max Winkless, known as the father of Volvo in Australia, as a Volvo company owned dealer in 1971 when Max was Volvo Australia’s CEO.
The first site opened in Kewdale in 1971, with the then global CEO of Volvo Gunnar Engellau attending to open the site alongside Max.
In 1977, Max bought the WA business from Volvo Australia to become a private dealer partner.
Now, at the ripe age of 97, Max has handed back the ownership to Volvo Australia.
“We look forward to welcoming 352 passionate and committed colleagues to becoming even closer members of the Volvo family and building on the strong customer relationships Truck Centre WA have developed since 1971,” Volvo Australia president Martin Merrick says in a social media post.
“This acquisition would not have happened without the fantastic support of Martin Lundstedt, Roger Alm, Per-Erik Lindström and the amazing collaboration led by Tim Lockyer supported by Katharine Toomey, Rave Ravendran and many awesome colleagues.”
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