Copart Opens in Albany, New York.Business Editors FAIRFIELD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 Copart, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPRT CPRT Copart Inc. (stock symbol) CPRT Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit CPRT Client Perceived Response Time CPRT Coprocessor Register Transfer CPRT Cancer Prevention Research Trust CPRT Classic Professional Racquetball Tour ) today announced that it has opened a salvage facility in Albany, New York For other uses, see Albany. Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany lies 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the juncture of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. . With the addition of this 14-acre greenfield location Copart now has 102 locations in 40 states. "This new facility will service from Albany to the Canadian border," said Willis J. Johnson, Copart's Chief Executive Officer. Since August 2002, Copart has added nine locations including two MAG sites in West Mifflin West Mifflin, borough (1990 pop. 23,644), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb SE of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. There are steelworks and a household appliances plant in West Mifflin. , PA and Richmond, VA and seven Copart salvage sites in Reno, NV; Springfield, MO; Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). , TX; Ft. Pierce, FL; Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. , CA; Richmond, VA and Albany, NY. Copart, founded in 1982, provides vehicle suppliers, primarily insurance companies, with a full range of services to process and sell salvage vehicles through auctions, principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees and used vehicle dealers. Salvage vehicles are either damaged vehicles deemed a total loss for insurance or business purposes or are recovered stolen vehicles for which an insurance settlement with the vehicle owner has already been made. The Company operates 102 facilities in 40 states. It also provides services in other locations through its national network of independent salvage vehicle processors. |
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