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Volume 39 // No. 2


March-April 2019 Comments Best Practices


30 // Full Service Tune-Up With hind-sight and forethought, these automotive recyclers share their secrets to improving full-service operations with their peers. // By Maura Keller


38 // Self Service Profits Auto recyclers looking to expand profit-levels often consider adding self-service options to their full-service business model. There are ways to be successful when in the right mind-set. // By Caryn Smith


Top: Butler Auto Recycling. Bottom: Ace Pick-A-Part. Interview


46 // Adventure of a Lifetime Herb Lieberman witnessed the transformation of the industry in his 62-year career – 42 as a progressive auto recycler and twenty as industry liaison for LKQ. This year marks his retirement from a career that to him “never felt like a job.” // By Caryn Smith


46 Enforcement


51 // California Crackdown The DMV’s Investigations Division takes on unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. These rogue businesses generate about 200 million gallons of toxic liquid in the state alone. // By Artemio Armenta


Case Study


53 // State Association at Work ... with the Law SCADA works with the Unlicensed Automobile Dismantling Task Force to shut down illegal operators.


51 Management


55 // What’s New in YMS Yard Management Systems report on their features.


AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING (ISSN 1058-9376) is published bi-monthly by the Automotive Recyclers Association, 9113 Church Street, Manassas, VA 20110-5456 USA. Phone: (571) 208-0428, Fax: (571) 208-0430 Internet: www.a-r-a.org. Periodicals postage at Manassas, VA, and additional mailing offices.


Copyright © 2019 ARA. All rights reserved. Materials may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Statements of fact and opinion are the responsibility of the authors alone and do not necessarily imply any opinion on the part of the officers, directors, staff, or the members of the Automotive Recyclers Association.


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Automotive Recycling


4 // Direction Jonathan Morrow


6 // Horizon Sandy Blalock


8 // Gears Caryn Smith


News & Views 10 // Wheel


14 // Dashboard Chad Counts


16 // People Brad Wolff


18 // Trending Click4Reg.co.uk


20 // Metal Becky Berube


22 // Opinion Ron Sturgeon


24 // Safety Mike James Paul D’Adamo


26 // Coaching Magi Graziano


28 // Expert Paul Mitchell


29 // Marketing Molly Yurick


59 // Grid Murray Jackson


60 // Snapshot LKQ/Carlos Rivera


62 // Advertiser Index


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On the Cover: Top photo provided by Shroyer’s Auto Parts. Bottom photo provided by Wilbert’s U-Pull It of Williamson.


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