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SWISS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

In 2009, the two family companies Métraux Services and Derendinger merged to form the Swiss Automotive Group, creating a rapidly growing and dynamic corporate group that plays a leading role in the free market for unbranded vehicle wear parts. Our main aim is to offer our customers comprehensive and integrated services beyond the basic supply of spare parts. Our services range from a unique ordering and delivery service with multiple daily deliveries to training and consulting services. The owners, Sandro Piffaretti and Olivier Métraux, are personally committed to continuity and targeted development. Thanks to clear corporate governance, the Group has a sensible and focused strategy designed for long-term growth.

We rely on our employees' entrepreneurial approach by transferring a great deal of trust and responsibility to each of them by virtue of our decentralised structure. Clear separation into market sectors and business divisions or departments maximises use of the available synergies. At the same time, we are not afraid to pit our Swiss sales organisations against each other, thus stimulating peak performance and constantly enhancing our services for the benefit of our customers.

  • Employees

    1,750 employees
    32 nationalities
    10,111 years of service
    41 years old on average

    Delivery vehicles

    480

  • Market presence

    Over 80 branches in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands

    Range

    Over 250,000 items

  • Orders

    Over 20,000 a day

    Turnover

    Over 500 m CHF

  • Kurt Schnyder
    CEO