Team PRP Expands into Florida with Addition of GO Auto Recycling in Jacksonville

RUSTBURG, Va., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Team PRP (Premium Recycled Parts), the nation's largest group of leading independent auto recyclers, has expanded into Florida with the addition of Jacksonville-based GO Auto Recycling.  Just two years old, GO Auto Recycling is one of the nation's fastest growing auto recycling businesses and makes a great case study on how to grow a small business in an uncertain economy. This addition brings Team PRP national membership to 108 members, an all-time record.

"The Team PRP National Board of Directors is delighted to welcome GO Auto Recycling into our progressive alliance," says Dave Barzoff, General Manager of B Auto Parts (East St. Louis, IL), Team PRP national board member and chair of the Team PRP Membership Committee. "Co-owners Jason Finley and Brian Shell represent a new generation of leadership in our industry. They are young, educated, hard-working, and ready to embrace new technology and new business practices.  Their success speaks for itself, and we are pleased to have them aboard."

GO Auto Recycling is Jacksonville's premier auto recycling yard serving North Florida and Southeast Georgia. They are a full service auto recycler offering a full line of products including: used auto parts, engines and transmissions for cars and light duty trucks. As a part of Team PRP, they will ship parts nationwide, running a parts truck every night to the alliance's Charlotte hub. GO Auto Recycling operates on 11 acres with a rolling inventory of 800 -1000 of the best late model vehicles, both domestic and import.

Joining Team PRP is no easy task. Charlie Martin, a Team PRP administrator says that "they first expressed interest in joining Team PRP at this year's URG Conference, where a PRP Owners meeting was held. They met a number of Team PRP members there, and got many of their questions answered. They made a good impression, and in the following months more contacts were made. A visit to the semi annual Mid-Atlantic owners meeting in June gave them a chance to meet even more of their colleagues. They made a very good impression on everyone."

A site visit to GO Auto Recycling was made by Dave Barzoff and Charlie Martin in July, 2011. "I spoke to over half of their employees and did not get a single negative comment," says Charlie Martin. "They run an impressive operation. When their membership paperwork was received, they were unanimously recommended for admission by Team PRP members in the mid-Atlantic region. This was forwarded to the national Team PRP board of directors, which voted to approve their membership in late July. It all went very smoothly."

Jason Finley, co-owner of GO Auto Recycling says, "Joining Team PRP helps us serve our customers better, because we can now give them access to many more parts, we are meeting higher standards, are more professional, and our employees are getting more training. All of this allows us to expand our footprint in this market as a competitive independent recycler. Two years ago we started with two employees and two trucks; now we have 23 employees, six delivery trucks, and have increased our sales tenfold."

"Joining Team PRP means we can now give our customers more of what they want when they want it," says Brian Shell, co-owner of GO Auto Recycling. He adds, "We love being able to say yes! We want to go the 'extra mile' for our customers, and we call that the 'GO Auto Way.' When we broke the news to our employees about joining Team PRP, the first question asked was 'when do we get started?' There is a lot of new pride and excitement here."

Team PRP is an alliance of 108 leading auto recyclers representing the highest quality, customer service and business practices found in the industry. With nearly four million parts in inventory, a Team PRP member can offer their customers the best warranties, quote guarantees, and delivery guarantees available. Each recycler remains independent, guaranteeing competitive pricing. For more information on Team PRP, please contact Charlie Martin by phone: 252-341-1946 or e-mail: [email protected]. Visit the Team PRP website at http://teamprp.com.

SOURCE Team PRP