Oiling the wheels of a £40m business
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INCIDENTALLY, the free fitting of factory-reconditioned engines and gearboxes by Volvo dealers, which the maker introduced a year ago, has proved popular. Some 600 engines and 350 gearboxes have been handled. The operator saves about 22 hours' labour costs on an engine and six to eight hours on a gearbox times that he would be hard pressed to equal in his own workshop. Volvo is not content with a turnover on parts of £40m a year. Ever innovative, the company has now gone into the oil business with a full range of lubricants to meet all international specifications, as well as dispensing equipment and other workshop supplies.
The parent company in Sweden has extensive interests in oil exploration, refining and marketing, and the British development is a natural progression. Volvo oils may not refresh the parts that others cannot reach, but at least they are exactly matched to the units in which they are to be used.