The Klarius Group has continued to invest and expand across Europe since its acquisition of Quinton Hazell in February of this year. The opening of a new Emission Control Distribution Centre at the existing facility in the Netherlands is the latest move in the company’s plan, providing unparalleled access to the full range of OE quality Klarius exhausts, CATs and emission control ancillaries.
The new, dedicated Klarius distribution centre is fully integrated with the 1700 square meter Quinton Hazell facility already occupying the site. The warehouse now stocks 3700 different exhausts, 1100 catalytic converters and 1400 mounting and ancillary components; from September it will also stock a full range of Lambda Sensors.
Paul Hannah, International Business Development Director for Klarius commented, “As an already extremely successful and well established business the QH site in the Netherlands provided the ideal opportunity for us to take advantage of our new economies of scale and make use of the existing sales and administration structures, while expanding capacity to address an important EU market.”
Klarius exhaust products offer the Dutch aftermarket access to a comprehensive range that covers over 96% of the EU car parc; including virtually all production cars on the road today that could require a replacement exhaust. The level of quality is market leading and equal to, or often above that of the OEM manufacturer. The range is also available at a price level that can’t be matched by domestic manufacturers, and neither is it complicated by the quality issues of sourcing outside the mainstream EU manufacturing countries.
Paul van Diemen, General Manager for the Netherlands, adds, “The Dutch market expects high quality and excellent availability, we can now meet that demand supplying to anywhere in the Netherlands from-stock on a same-day service. The products are manufactured in the UK in a plant with the very latest cutting-edge lean production techniques and our own test track to support a full type-approval policy. We can use our short-run flexible manufacturing techniques to guarantee availability of even difficult to source products and at a level of quality demanded by the Dutch public, at a fraction of the OE replacement cost.”
About the KLARIUS Group
Klarius Group is the largest European manufacturer of aftermarket car parts today. The Klarius Group operates five high-volume Manufacturing Plants, a Research & Development Centre, four European Technical Centres, eight International Logistics & Distribution Hubs, and eighteen national and regional Stock Warehouses based across Europe. Klarius Group Headquarters are located in Manchester (UK).
The Klarius Group employs 1,200 personnel across Europe, and has an annual turnover of 200 million Euros.
The two current major market brands within the Klarius Group are Klarius Emission Control Products and QH Automotive parts. Both the QH and Klarius product brands represent a range of OE quality replacement automotive products. Klarius Group companies now offer over 100,000 parts, covering the majority of the European Car Parc, supplying over 80,000 parts every day, to over 5,600 delivery points in more than 136 countries.
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