Skip to content 
LKQ Europe has stated that it is positioned for continued growth after the corona virus crisis, with plans for further expansion and investment in its existing framework.
LKQ Europe, the European automotive Independent Aftermarket market leader, is positioned for continued growth after the corona virus crisis. Acquisitions remain important for the company now, as the situation unfolds, and after the crisis. “We will of course continue to monitor the market and will also look for external growth opportunities again when the time comes,” said Arnd Franz, CEO of LKQ Europe, in an interview published with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). “After the coronavirus crisis, we want to grow over proportionally again. Currently, the integration of the more than 70 European market-leading companies acquired since 2011 remains a priority throughout the current crisis.
Arnd Franz also spoke about preparations for, and managing through, the crisis. “We already started to prepare ourselves in January; for example, through higher safety stocks,” said Arnd. “We are able to deliver, even if our suppliers are temporarily unable to produce. Though this is the worst crisis in decades, LKQ Europe’s top priority is to ensure the reliability of its delivery for its customers, as well as the protection of our employees.”
According to Arnd Franz, automotive workshops, and especially the steadily-growing number of independent workshops in recent years, guarantee safe, clean, and individual mobility. “It is a system-relevant business and we support our customers by continuing to guarantee the fast delivery of vehicle parts.” In Germany alone, LKQ Europe supplies more than 15,000 workshops with automotive parts per day. “If we can ensure that hundreds of thousands of vehicles continue to be serviced in Germany’s workshops every day, our economy will come out of this crisis in better shape and we will avoid more accidents, broken-down vehicles and, last but not least, pollutant emissions.”
“Therefore, workshops must remain open,” said Arnd Franz as he addressed politicians throughout Europe.
CatMag 09.04.2020
