This is LKQ RHIAG
Automotive spare parts, service parts and wear parts in OE quality - this has been our core business at LKQ RHIAG for more than 40 years. That is why we maintain a close and cooperative business relationship with around 100 wholesale partners and 2,000 garage customers. Our goal is to safeguard individual mobility. With over 500,000 products, we carry one of the largest ranges in Switzerland and ensure reliable and fast delivery to our customers.
LKQ RHIAG – part of the global LKQ Corporation
LKQ RHIAG is part of the RHIAG Group based in Pero, Italy. It was founded in 1962 and is now serving more than 3,500 wholesalers and 5,300 garages through its 19 locations. Since the start of 2016, the RHIAG Group has been part of LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation, the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans and industrial vehicles in Europe with its head office in Zug, Switzerland. It currently employs approximately 26,000 people with a network of more than 1,000 branches and approximately $6.1 billion in revenue in 2021. The organization supplies around 100,000 independent workshops in over 20 European countries.
In addition to LKQ RHIAG, LKQ Europe is also represented by Euro Car Parts, Fource, Rhiag Group, Elit, Auto Kelly, Stahlgruber Group, as well as recycling specialist, Atracco. LKQ also holds a minority interest in Mekonomen.
Our values and visions
Partnerships are extremely important to us and we are proud of the long-term working relations that we have with many of our customers. We want to work with our partners to safeguard individual mobility now and in the future – reliably, attentively and in a solution-oriented and versatile manner. As a result, we work hard every day to offer not only an extensive product range, but also a wide variety of services and customer-specific solutions.
The LKQ Code of Ethics is our guide to maintaining trust with our business partners. It follows these four basic principles:
- We are honest, fair and trustworthy in all of our LKQ activities and relationships
- We obey the laws and regulations governing our business
- We treat everyone with respect and dignity
- We promptly report any concerns we have about compliance with the law, LKQ policies or this Code
We expect our suppliers to respect human rights unconditionally and to work in an environmentally responsible way. In order to meet our ecological and social standards throughout the entire supply chain, we are intensifying our cooperation with our suppliers. These requirements have been laid down in the Supplier Code of Conduct.
LKQ RHIAG in Switzerland – milestones of a success story spanning over 40 years
Integration into the LKQ DACH region
New pan-European business software
40-year anniversary
Over 100 employees
Transfer of the executive management to Christoph Kissling
First LKQ RHIAG in-house exhibition in Langenthal
Launch of the customer concept just drive
Takeover of the entire RHIAG Group by LKQ Corporation
ec24: new online shop with new technologies
Open day in Baar
New/expanded warehouse at Oberneuhofstrasse 10, Baar
New head office at Oberneuhofstrasse 6, Baar
ec24 QUALITY CAR PARTS: online shop with new colour scheme
Opening of a warehouse in Echallens
euroc@t24: the first online catalogue version with an order function
RWS RHIAG web service: a parts catalogue with stock information
Takeover of general imports from LIQUI MOLY
Additional warehouse in Rosé
euroc@t CD-ROM parts catalogue
New joint management by André Sauteur and Urs Steiner
Merger of Inter-Auto-Parts and RHIAG to form RHIAG Group Ltd
IAP Dock 2.0: an improved version with type approval
IAP Dock becomes the first Swiss digital automotive parts catalogue
Start of the first ‘Zurich’ midday tour from Baar
Launch of Qualipack and Qualinight overnight service
IAP Dock published in hard copy
Start of operations under the name Inter-Auto-Parts Vertriebs-AG (IAP)
