New Mekonomen Medium establishments in Norrbotten/Northern Sweden

12 June 2009 08:30

Mekonomen and EPS Gruppen AB has entered an agreement on establishing a Mekonomen Medium unit in Kiruna, combining a store and a Mekonomen Bilverkstad/workshop, with an outstanding offering in terms of availability and service level. The goal is to initiate this collaboration during the autumn of 2009 and to develop the collaboration further with another Mekonomen Medium unit, in Gällivare, during 2010. The units will operate in a subsidiary wholly owned by EPS Gruppen.

EPS Gruppen (the EPS Group) is a family owned company and is a dealership for Volvo, Ford and Renault since 50 years. The business encompasses sales and service of cars, transport vehicles and buses. The revenue of the Group was 457 MSEK in 2008. This collaboration will lead to further growth in the service market for cars and transport vehicles. - We consider the Mekonomen concept to be very interesting for us and we see that this collaboration will develop our offering and enable a further expansion of our business, says Per Eriksson, President and CEO of EPS Gruppen. - We are very satisfied with collaborating with one of the most successful Volvo dealerships in Sweden, which will facilitate an even stronger offering to our customers, says Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen. For further information contact: Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen AB, +46 (0)8-464 00 00 Per Eriksson, President and CEO EPS Gruppen AB, +46 (0)970-643 00 Mekonomen AB (publ), org. nr 556392-1971 Box 6077, 141 06 Kungens Kurva. Telephone: +46 (0)8-464 00 00, Fax: +46 (0)8-464 00 66