
Mechanum
Divested
Mechanum is a chain of authorized multi-brand car service workshops.
Investment year: 2009
Year of exit: 2016
Turnover: SEK 287m

- 45 k
customers served every year
- 9
of Sweden's leading car brands in their authorized service offering
- 4 k
tires changed every year
Mechanum is a chain of authorized multi-brand car workshops, offering service, repairs and warranty work. The authorized brands include: Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen Tranporter cars, Saab, Opel, Volvo, Ford, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Mechanum’s head office and five workshops are located in Gothenburg, while one workshop is in Malmö. The Mechanum concept “The Car Workshop of the Future” is built on offering a first class service experience to customers at a competitive price. This is enabled by Mechanum’s focus on offering professional services at an industrial scale.
Investment year:2009
Year of exit:2016
Turnover:SEK 287m
Industry:Consumer Services
Nalkas ownership:46%
HQ:Gothenburg, Sweden
Employees:201
Website:mechanum.se
CEO:Mikael Rasmusson

Investment background
Create a national, integrated, service chain with best-in-class customer focus, benefitting from market fragmentation and conservative aftermarket workshops closely affiliated with automotive brands.
Nalka’s ambitions
Vitalize the automotive repair market by creating a new, large scale concept, focused on scale economies and differentiation through customer satisfaction.