ARA Recognizes Two QRP Facilities

The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), Fairfax, Va., has recently recognized two Minnesota facilities as Certified Auto Recyclers (CAR).

According to the ARA, the CAR program was established in 1994 to produce a set of standards for general business practices and environmental and safety issues and to provide guidance for member facilities in adhering to these standards. "This program is one of the cornerstones of the association as the facilities participating strive to put forward quality service and parts for the professional automotive recycling industry," according to the ARA Web site.

ARA, the international association for auto recyclers, has 1,100 members from facilities located in 14 countries. Within the ARA membership, only 270 have achieved CAR status. Pilquist Auto, Stillwater, Minn., and Kelly’s Faribault Auto, Faribault, Minn., are now included among this prestigious group.

Pilquist and Kelly’s agreed to work toward and achieve ARA CAR status as a condition of acceptance into QRP (Quality Replacement Parts), Schofield, Wisc. QRP has adopted the ARA CAR achievement as one of its requirements for members when it was founded four years ago. Newly approved QRP members are provided a reasonable time frame in which to meet the CAR standards and become recognized as a Certified Auto Recycler company.

QRP is a marketing company made up of individually owned auto recycling businesses. The QRP Great Lakes group currently boasts 25 premier auto recycling businesses across Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. QRP groups also service Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Main, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.