The site was opened on 7 December, 2015 by Her Excellency Nicola Clase, Sweden's Ambassador to the UK.  She was joined by an estimated 100 transport operators together with senior Scania executives and representatives of the site developer/owner, Gallagher Group.  

"Scania Maidstone is a clear statement of our intent to continue building for the future and to provide our customers with the highest possible levels of quality and service," said Claes Jacobsson, Managing Director of Scania (Great Britain) Limited. "Together with our purpose-built Inverness premises, which opened earlier this year, Scania Maidstone represents the latest major investment in our UK network infrastructure. The programme will continue in 2016 with the upgrading of several existing Scania UK sites now either planned or underway."  

Scania's Maidstone is situated on the A229 just off junction 6 of the M20. It has the ability to  provide 24-hour operation and includes five drive-through workshop bays, a DVSA Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) lane and a full Scania parts service. 

Photo: Scania’s newly opened facility is situated close to junction 6 of the M20.