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Young Auto Recycler Celebrates 10-Year Business Anniversary

15 January 1999

Young Auto Recycler Celebrates 10-Year Business Anniversary And 7,500 Vehicles Recycled

    FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 14 -- Keith Sturgeon, owner of All
Import Auto Parts is celebrating 10 years in a business he started as a senior
in high school.  Keith says, "My dad always told me time would go faster as I
grew older, and he was right.  The past 10 years have gone by fast."  Keith
opened his business on January 3, 1989, with one employee.  He was in the work
program at school, so the employee or his mother ran the business until he
arrived each day.  His first employee, Ronnie Massey, says, "I am proud of
Keith; he has an unusual work ethic and ability to deal with people."  Ronnie
does automotive paint and body work and still sees Keith regularly.
    Keith started with about $8,000 he saved during high school, buying,
fixing, and selling cars with his father's help.  His father, Ron Sturgeon,
operates Auto Recycling facilities in several Texas cities, and both of his
younger brothers own Auto Recycling facilities.  Keith rented about 3 acres at
5800 Elliot Reeder Road, where his business, All Import Auto Parts, is still
operating on "Wrecking Yard Row" in Fort Worth.  He estimates that he has
processed 7,500 vehicles in his career thus far, recycling over 30,000 quarts
of oil, 1.5 million pounds of scrap metal, and enough copper to coin almost
1 million pennies.  A list of Keith's accomplishments is below.  He is also a
member of United Recyclers Group (URG), a recently created coalition of over
360 Auto Recyclers throughout North America.  Jay Raimondi, URG President,
says, "Keith is probably one of the youngest owners that started from scratch
and we are proud to help him celebrate his 10th anniversary."
    During the last 10 years, Keith married Tammy Pack, the daughter of
lifetime Auto Recycler, James Pack.  Tammy has a 15-year-old daughter and a
13-year-old son, both of whom help out occasionally at the business.  Keith
began working at his dad's auto recycling facility at age 13, pulling parts,
cleaning and doing odd jobs.  He later dismantled cars and became an
accomplished welder at age 16, building parts storage racks.  He got his first
car at age 14, a wrecked Toyota, which he eagerly worked on and drove on
Saturdays after work within his dad's facility.  Keith is working on a Dodge
Neon for his stepdaughter Samantha, who will get her driver's permit in
January 1999.  Samantha, like Keith, has saved the money for her first car.
Keith's advice for other young people: "Listen to your parents, work hard, and
always do what you say you will."

    All Import Parts Accomplishments
    (All numbers are best estimates)
    -- 7,500 Vehicles Recycled
    -- 10,597,500 lbs. of Scrap Metal Recycled (176,625 bikes)
    -- 208,000 lbs. Aluminum Recycled (12,480,000 cans)
    -- 48,000 lbs. Copper Recycled (960,000 pennies)
    -- 28,400 Tires Recycled
    -- Helped approximately 273,375 customers
    -- Sold approximately 1,325,000 parts
    -- Employed 22 people
    -- Worked 30,800 hours
    -- Delivered 15,080 parts
    -- Shipped 1,800 parts
    -- All Import unbolted approximately 785,000 nuts & bolts
    -- All Import unbolted approximately 113,600 lug nuts
    -- Late to work 22 times
    -- Missed 13 scheduled days of work
    -- Attended 90 Seminars
    -- Answered phone with business name approximately 670,000 times
    -- Farthest customer was from Cape Horn, Africa
    -- Most popular customer, Geddy Lee (lead singer of "Rush")