Scania NZ opens a new Scania-dedicated service centre in Hastings to support its growing customer base in the lower North Island
The new branch located at 1194 Maraekakaho Road in Longlands, Hastings opened to clients in late October with an official event planned for early December. The facility has a six-bay drive-through capacity with the ability to accommodate 11 technicians, replacing the previous two-bay workshop that opened in 2022.
Scania Hastings branch manager Felix Niemann says the new facility offers a one-stop shop, providing whatever Scania’s customers require from a single location, ensuring their uptime is maximised and downtime minimised.
“Importantly it also means we are no longer reliant on third-party service providers, enabling us to control the quality of service using our factory-trained technicians with full factory tooling and diagnostic equipment,” says Felix.
The new workshop includes a Certificate of Fitness (COF) compliant lane, full brake-roller (breaking balance) and shaker-plate (steering &suspension quality) capabilities, along with a certified dangerous goods pit suitable for fuel tanker work, as well full air-conditioning servicing and re-gassing.