Shell adds Canadian distributors


Shell has signed two new Alliance Distributores to handle its Canadian lubes brands.

The multi-year deals are for the Provinces of Ontario, through Original Parts Warehouse inc. (OPW and Manitoba handled by Magnum Oil.

OPW distribute parts and lubes to the heavy-dute and automotive aftermarket and will add Shell Canada and Penzoil-Quaker State brands to its portfolio for the auto, transport, aviation and industrial sectors.  The family-run business is based in Concord, Ontario, with eight distribution centres across the Province.

Magnum Oil, also privately owned, will handle the same Shell, Penzoil and Quaker brands for Manitoba, distributing to many of the municipal, transit and industrial organisations across the Province, run from its headquarters in Winnipeg.