GPC Asia Pacific’s trade and specialist businesses will come together under well-known North American brand, NAPA.
The trade workshop, mining, industrial, and commercial markets across Australia and New Zealand will operate under the new moniker operating across a network of 125–140 branches, alongside GPC Asia Pacific’s Repco business.
GPC says Repco will continue to service trade and retail customers from its Australasian store network.
NAPA operates 81 distribution centres and supports approximately 6740 NAPA Auto Parts stores across North America.
“We are closely watching the transformation of the automotive parts distribution market in Australia and New Zealand, driven by changing technology and industry consolidation,” says Rob Cameron, GPC Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director.
“Against the backdrop of these and other trends, GPC Asia Pacific is embarking on a transformational strategic realignment and simplification of our organisation, optimising each part of our business to ensure we are best placed to meet the needs of our customers well into the future.”
Cameron says by simplifying the company’s structure, it will be faster to market, and be more responsive to the changing needs of all of our customers.
“Being part of Genuine Parts Company delivers the scale of a global organisation, with access to the latest products, solutions, technology and training that brings, whilst our innovative culture, national presence, and seamless logistics enable the pace and agility of a local business.”
