Business View Oceania | April/May 2022

49 50 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 AT A GLANCE NORDEN GROUP WHAT: Specialist transport service divisions to support Australian freight, disability, agriculture, and recreational transport industries WHERE: Norden Group is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia WEBSITE: https://www.norden.com.au/ Norden Group F ounded in 1959 by Mr. Ron Anson, Norden Group supports Australia’s transport industry through their four specialist divisions: Norden Body Works, Norden Conversion, Norden Hydraulic Connections, and Norden RV. The company also provides a service division to support wheelchair access conversions, design and engineering assistance, and a small fleet of accessible vehicles available for self-driving hire. Having remained in the family over 63 years and four generations as an Australian owned and operated entity, Norden Group is a prime example of a beautiful combination of consistent, innovative evolution and traditional values. Business View Oceania was lucky enough to speak with Mark Jasper (Sales and Marketing Manager- Norden Conversion), Rob Anson (Managing Director), and Ryan Anson (RV Business Development Manager), for their insider’s perspective on the life of Norden Group. Rob begins, “My father, Ron Anson, started the company as Norden Body Works with my grandfather, Walter Anson, as partner, and they specialised in custom truck body manufacturing for vehicles anywhere from light trucks up to double semitrailers. They also supplied hydraulic fittings for those builds, which eventually formed our Norden Hydraulics division, and over time they gained a really solid Supporting Australian Transport