A leading motor company and garage operator, holding franchise for BMW, Land Rover, Massey Ferguson, DAF buses, Honda cars and Lucas products. Mechanical Lloyd was originally called Technical Lloyd, a Dutch-owned company operating in Ghana iin the 1960’s and dealing in knapsack sprayers and BMW cars and motorcycles. Mr. R.A Darko a Ghanaian entrepreneur purchased the company and renamed it Mechanical Lloyd and incorporated it as such on 7th, August, 1970. In 1994, after an initial public offer of its shares to the public, the company became the first fully-owned Ghanaian company to be listed and quoted on the Ghana stock Exchange. Its strong performance on the Ghana Stock Exchange in 1996/97 with shares gaining 270% over the 12-month period to 31 December, 1997 contributed to the company being awarded the Land Rover Franchise.
Terrence Ronald Darko : It is the aim of the company to be the leader in the Ghana automobile industry by among other things providing good quality, competitive priced products delivered in the most professional manner and securing for its shareholders the optimum return on their invested capital.
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