Tenth Scania Australia branch opens in WA

Scania Australia has doubled its footprint in Western Australia with the opening of a new, purpose-built branch in Hope Valley, just south of Perth.

The 19,000 square metre sales and service site, at 6 Armstrong Road, Hope Valley, includes a stand-alone 3500 square metre regional warehouse that will supply WA Scania on-road customers and off-road mining and resources clients, and will assist the existing Kewdale site with the implementation of Scania’s autonomous and electric (EV) mining trucks.

The Hope Valley site has been designed to accommodate future battery electric vehicle (BEV) needs, with sufficient capacity in the electrical supply for fast-charging, and underground preparation for the installation of charging infrastructure. The site will also include a climate controlled clean room for repairs to battery cells when required.

Scania owns and operates its sales and service locations in capital cities around the country, and the Hope Valley facility is the 10th in the Australian network. Scania also has a network of over 60 authorised independent dealers across truck, bus, marine and industrial engine applications.

“Hope Valley is our second company-owned sales and service location in the Perth region, and it is well situated close to the developing Kwinana outer harbour port facility, and supported by upgraded road infrastructure,” said Michael Berti, Dealer Director for Scania WA, SA and the NT.

“Demand for Scania products has been increasing significantly in the west over the past decade, and we were very much in need of additional service and parts facilities to maintain our customers’ uptime, and that of our projected conquests over the medium term,” he continued.

“We opened a new dedicated parts distribution warehouse in Welshpool only around four years ago, but such has been the growth of the Scania business in Western Australia, this facility has already surpassed all expectations, and this in part prompted us to further expand our parts capacity at Hope Valley. We have effectively doubled our available warehousing floorspace, and the storage height available, to handle current demand and support future developments in both ICE and BEV product ranges.”

The new warehouse and sales and service branch were handed over to Scania by the developers in May 2025.

“This new addition to the Scania network of company-owned workshops and parts warehouses is a logical step for us to maintain high levels of customer uptime and to further encourage the uptake of repair and maintenance contracts, assisted by Scania’s ever-growing array of vehicle productivity and efficiency programmes,” said Manfred Streit, Scania Australia Managing Director.

“Scania is a global industry leader in connected services, which allows us to monitor very accurately how vehicles are performing and provide timely scheduled servicing which prevents unplanned downtime, underpinning customer profitability potential.

“By increasing the capacity for regular maintenance in our own workshops, our customers will have access to the most advanced in-service vehicle management available.”

Streit added, “We know mining customers demand and depend on predictable uptime. This is underscored by the huge cost of unplanned downtime. We have configured our service scheduling and parts supplies to take account of this.

“For on-road customers, the uptime issue is no less important, and given WA’s geographic position establishing a larger parts warehouse and additional service capacity south of Perth is a necessary development for Scania, to underpin business growth and continued customer success using our products.”

The site is located close to major routes for easy accessibility, especially by larger WA-style combinations, with the maintenance pit designed to accept extra-long multi-trailer vehicles without decoupling. Large crossovers and hardstands will provide ease of access for vehicles up to 36.5 m in length, such as B-triples.

Additionally, trailers and trailer equipment can be serviced on site along with vocational rigids (such as construction and jetvac trucks, as well as fire appliances).

“The new location is well positioned to support many of our customers in the busy City of Kwinana port area, providing a more convenient location for servicing and parts supply,” said Michael Phipps, the newly appointed Hope Valley Branch Manager.

“We have assembled a team of enthusiastic technicians and parts specialists from within Scania WA as well as from the broader industry, and we are confident that this team will deliver maximum uptime for our customers.

“Scania Hope Valley will have plenty to offer truck drivers, with a comfortable lounge area and a number of resting locations ideal for catching some sleep while having their vehicle serviced or repaired. The workshop will operate from Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5pm.”

The new warehouse replaces the Welshpool site and in addition to the additional floorspace, Scania says it now boasts an improved and optimised operational flow.

“It’s a more open site, so we can process and handle higher volumes into the future,” said Matthew Pol, Scania’s National Parts Manager.

“We can now do more and do it better, with a staff of four and a supervisor. Previously, we could only process one container at a time, but now the footprint allows two or three containers to be processed, so we can get more volume through the building. We will be holding more product lines, to cope with the depth and expansion of our growing truck, bus and engines product, and for our time-critical mining customers.

“In the new building we have probably five to 10 years of growth capability, not only because of the expanded floorspace but we’ve also volumetrically doubled our height. The bulk racking has gone from 4m to 8m tall.

Scania Australia now operates 10 company-owned sales and service branches, with three in Victoria, two each in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, and one in South Australia, with additional dedicated sales representation in Tasmania.

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