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The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) is a non-profit certification organization established in 1987 to develop and oversee a testing program for aftermarket automotive parts. [1] CAPA was created by automobile insurance companies. It was created to control the market on parts used by insurance company contracted collision shops.
NAPA retail store in a suburb of Portland, Oregon NAPA Detroit Distribution Center, Romulus, Michigan. The National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA), also known as NAPA Auto Parts, founded in 1925, is an American retailers' cooperative distributing automotive replacement parts, accessories and service items throughout North America.
The American Automobile Association (the "AAA" or "Triple-A") was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, in response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles. [4][5] At that time, nine motor clubs with a total of 1,500 members banded together to form the AAA. Those individual motor clubs included the Chicago Automobile ...
The original Genuine Parts Company store had annual sales of just $75,000, and six employees. For the next 50+ years, GPC, in relationship with NAPA, the National Automotive Parts Association, grew rapidly as independent garages for car repair emerged to meet the needs of the nation's growing number of motor vehicles. In the last 35+ years, GPC ...
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) is used in the Aerospace or automotive supply chain for establishing confidence in suppliers and their production processes. Actual measurements are taken from the parts produced and are used to complete the various test sheets of PPAP. "All customer engineering design record and specification ...
CarParts.com (formerly U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.) is an American online provider of aftermarket auto parts, including collision parts, engine parts, and performance parts and accessories. [5] The company is headquartered in Torrance, California and was founded in 1995 by Sol Khazani and Mehran Nia.
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) is a professional certification group that certifies professionals and shops in the automotive repair and service industry in the United States and parts of Canada. It is an independent, non-profit organization created in 1972 [1] in response to consumers needing to distinguish ...
Magna International Inc. is a Canadian parts manufacturer for automakers. It is one of the largest companies in Canada and was recognized on the 2020 Forbes Global 2000. [ 3 ] The company is the largest automobile parts manufacturer in North America by sales of original equipment parts; it has ranked consistently in the Fortune Global 500 list ...