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.