ATD reaches to Rockies with purchase; N.C. firm buys Wholesale Tire Distributors in Utah, expands coverage.(News)(American Tire Distributors Holdings)

Tire Business, September, 2005 by Hockensmith, Lisa

Byline: Lisa Hockensmith

American Tire Distributors Holdings (ATD) Inc.'s recent acquisition of Wholesale Tire Distributors Inc. (WTD) in Logan has added key distribution in the Rocky Mountain states and a new regional swath to its American Car Care Centers Inc. (ACCC) distribution network.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ATD has broadened its wholesale reach to about 2,700 customers in nine Rocky Mountain and Intermontane states and added ACCC distribution coverage in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming and parts of Nevada and Colorado, where there are 50 ACCC dealer outlets, including 10 operated by WTD itself.

ATD became an ACCC member distributor just shy of a year ago, taking over the southern Atlantic states territory of Target Tire when it...

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