NextPart Announces Strategic Partnership With United Recyclers Group
12 December 2000
NextPart Announces Strategic Partnership With United Recyclers Group
EVANSTON, Ill.--Dec. 12, 2000--NextPart, Inc., a leading recycled auto parts sourcing solution and United Recyclers Group (URG), a partnership of over 350 North American recycling facilities today announced a strategic partnership that brings URG partners into NextPart's nationwide supplier network."URG partners are a model for the progressive business practices NextPart requires of its suppliers," said Eric Koenig, NextPart's president and chief executive officer. "This partnership provides our professional repair customers an unsurpassed selection of the highest quality parts and accelerates the growth of our nationwide network."
"We believe NextPart's full-service sourcing solution will generate more sales for URG partners," said Sharon Kellum, URG general manager. "In the last year a select group of URG partners reported great success working with NextPart. We're excited to now offer this same opportunity to our entire partner group."
Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, NextPart, Inc. is a virtual distributor of recycled auto parts. NextPart greatly reduces overall vehicle repair costs for insurers and consumers by enabling auto repair shops to locate, purchase and obtain high quality recycled auto parts faster and more efficiently than ever before. NextPart customers choose from millions of available parts based on part and delivery requirements. NextPart then coordinates delivery, processes payments and provides warranties on every part sold. Online access to the inventory of hundreds of high quality parts suppliers across the nation is available at its Web site (www.nextpart.com) and through its toll-free call center at 1-866-NextPart (1-866-639-8727).
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, URG is a partnership of over 350 auto recyclers in the U.S. and Canada that participate in joint programs including co-op buying, group advertising, shared training, Internet applications and development of the Pinnacle System, a state-of-the-art inventory management system for URG partners.