New supply network launched to market
Grove Group and Fleet Factors have teamed up to create Amicus, a new national distribution network committed to serving the vehicle repair sector with supply of refinish materials and consumables.
Grove and Fleet Factors will use their close partnerships, expertise, knowledge and standing in the industry to deliver what it says will be an industry-leading service.
Amicus will be underpinned by unrivalled digital technology and reduced administration savings that will help to drive bodyshop operating repairer costs down.
Grove’s sales director Paul Newman said: “Amicus is not another distribution group giving the same old platitudes. Our aim is to provide a simplified structure with a core aim of working together as distributors, suppliers and customers in all areas of the supply chain.
“We have huge ambitions for Amicus which we can’t undersell. For us, creating our own network is one of the biggest and most important moves in our company history but this is just the start as we undoubtedly will be speaking to other organisations driven to deliver industry leading services.
“Bringing world class digital solutions to the supply chain will help all stake holders reduce costs and increase efficiency, the effectiveness of which will be passed onto the repairers in the form of greater savings.”
Joe Hunter, Fleet Factors’ managing director, said: “Amicus will be a truly one-stop-shop for our customers’ needs. There is only so much individual businesses can do for the benefit of the repairer if they stand alone. Working Together with similar, highly driven organisations, increases our strength and collective ability and places us, as Amicus, in a far greater position to serve repairers.
“There can’t be many distributors with such a well-established network as ours and there can’t be any out there with Grove’s heritage. Teaming up to create Amicus seemed the obvious move for both businesses.”
