Offroading Online Magazine Issue 15 | Page 27

Merger of Opposite Lock Holdings, Revolution Racegear and Proex Pty Ltd now a reality After months of planning and negotiation, agreement has been reached on a significant merger in the Specialist Automotive sector. The merger facilitates a number of synergies; incorporating automotive parts wholesaling and distribution, motor racing, 4WD parts and accessories and the retail franchising industry. Opposite Lock Holdings Pty Ltd, Revolution Racegear Pty Ltd, Proex Pty Ltd, OL Fleet Pty Ltd and OL Global Pty Ltd, have now merged to form the RPM Group of companies. For nearly three decades, Proex has been well known to automotive aftermarket resellers as a market leader in the aftermarket exhaust and performance segment. The brand of product that they distribute has grown to include a number of market-leading brands, including; Hayman Reese towbars, Redback and Lukey exhausts, Genie/Lukey Headers, and Redback/Cateran catalytic converters. The association with Opposite Lock, which started merely as a commercial supply chain arrangement, continued to a full merger and turned out to be a totally natural fit. So the pooling of resources, intellectual property, popular brands, together with strong and committed management, became an inevitable outcome. RPM is the undisputed brand leader in safety race gear for the motor racing fraternity, and has been synonymous with and exclusivel