Mandilas has been a household name in the Nigerian automobile industry for 75 years. It introduced the Volkswagen brand to Nigeria in the ’50s, before the establishment of the Volkswagen assembly plant in Nigeria, in which Mandilas was a partner. Subsequently, Mandilas became a distributor of various auto brands such as Audi, Peugeot, Nissan, Daihatsu, Honda, Kia, and Skoda in the late ’90s. The company is currently one of the leading Toyota-accredited distributors in Nigeria and has a workshop network, providing unrivalled geographic coverage for the sales and service of vehicles.
Its after-sales and service portfolio is renowned in the industry and trusted for personalised services backed by competent and experienced personnel. The awards it has won are a tribute to its consistency and reliability over the years to date.
The Mobility arm of the business caters to Auto Sales (New and Used), Fleet Management, Leasing, and Aftersales Services. The Cooling Division is the exclusive distributor of the Carrier range of Residential and Commercial (Central) Air-conditioners, Air Purifiers, Dehumidifiers, and Transicold Cold Chain Refrigeration Systems. It also houses the MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) services.
In 1972, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Norman Industries Limited, was established to manufacture room air-conditioners and split systems under the Carrier license. As a matter of fact, Norman produced the first room air-conditioner in Africa, many years before any other company could achieve the same feat. Mandilas remains the foremost provider of air conditioning for domestic and commercial buildings with unrivalled expertise and excellence in sales and after-sales service.
The company emerged from a transformation agenda in 2020 geared towards steering the company to scale greater heights. The transformation agenda, led by the first African and Nigerian to attain the position since the Group started operations in the ‘50s, is strongly premised on Strategic Alliances and Care for the Future. However, the values that have sustained the brand in the last 75 years are still the driving force moving the business forward – integrity, reliability, respect for the individual, care, accountability, and excellence.
