Birchwood Automotive Group

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Birchwood Automotive Group
Type Private
Industry Automotive, Auto Dealerships, Vehicle Parts
Founder(s) R.M. Chipman
Headquarters Winnipeg, Canada
Key people Stephen Chipman (President)[1]
Products Automobiles
Services Financial services, Automotive Repair
Employees 500
Parent Megill-Stephenson Company

The Birchwood Automotive Group, headquartered in the Pointe West AutoPark[2] in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is Manitoba's largest automotive dealership group.

Founded in 1963 by R. M. Chipman, BAG now operates 12 retail automotive franchises, representing 14 different brands and 2 collision repair centers. Birchwood Automotive Group employs approximately 500 employees[3][4] and specializes in selling new and previously owned vehicles, financing, replacement OEM parts, and offers maintenance and repair services on all brands it represents. Its parent company is Megill-Stephenson Company, which is also the principal shareholder in True North Sports and Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.[5]

In April 2009 and February 2010, based on an employee satisfaction survey, The Globe and Mail and Queen's Centre for Business Venturing named the Birchwood Automotive Group as one of the best small to medium employers in Canada.[6][7]

List of dealerships

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/black-wednesday-for-seven-45835877.html
  2. ↑ http://www.birchwood.ca/about.php
  3. ↑ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/people-driven-solutions-birchwood-automotive-group-empowered-its-people-to-help-weather-the-economic-storm-91179629.html
  4. ↑ http://www.stpauls.mb.ca/alumni/tribute_dinner/honourees/r_chipman/
  5. ↑ Carlyle-Gordge, Peter."Chipman To Focus On True North Economics." Winnipeg Free Press 29 Sept. 2003: 6.
  6. ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/article965108.ece
  7. ↑ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/Three-city-firms-among-top-50-employers-84022637.html
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