Novus Glass, Australia’s only national franchised Auto Glass business and part of the world's largest franchise network, has entered a new partnership with Australian hail and collision repair giants Action Smart Group. The new partnership will see ASG opening three Novus Glass territories over the next six months in the Sunshine Coast, Adelaide and Western Sydney.
Commenting on the partnership, Stuart Faid, Vice President of Asia for Fix Network and Head of the Australian business said “I have got to know the team at ASG over the last few years and have seen firsthand how they operate their businesses and deliver an outstanding level of service in everything they do. Seeing the obvious synergies between our organisations, I was keen to develop a way to be part of their portfolio diversification and be able to offer immediate and tangible value to their offering. With the scalability their national footprint offers, it makes complete sense for us to grow our businesses together. We have prioritised three areas for us to launch in this year and I am confident we will add more locations beyond that in the future”.
Adam Blackwell CEO at Action Smart Group added “Our company prides itself on delivering excellence and that focus has allowed us to deliver long term, consistent and value adding services to our customers. As we have diversified our portfolio beyond the traditional hail offering we are always looking for opportunities that represent exciting opportunities for growth and downstream synergies for our customers. The auto glass sector is going through unprecedented change at the moment, with increasing complexity and costs involved in managing those businesses. Partnering with a brand like Novus Glass allows us to bring our solid base of knowledge and experience and connect it to the world class offering that Novus Glass brings to market. We see a natural fit with Novus, not just on products and services, but also culture and philosophy, we look forward to a bright and prosperous future in the auto glass industry”.
Focusing on the roll out of the new businesses, Adam Henningsen Action Smart Group COO said “The first location to open will be in Adelaide and will take advantage of our significant operations in our hail and subsidiary businesses there to achieve a rapid start to this exciting new venture. Following this we will focus on leveraging our CaravanFix network by opening in both the Sunshine Coast and then Western Sydney where we also have a footprint and resources to hit the ground running”.