ATD Among Fastest Growing Private U.S. Companies

This month, Inc. magazine named Huntersville, N.C.-based American Tire Distributors Inc. to its 2009 list of the 5,000fastest-growing U.S. private companies.

The company was ranked No. 13on the list by revenues, and No. 25 on the list in terms of grossdollars of growth. ATD’s Revenue increased 30.3% from $1.5 billion in2005 to $2 billion in 2008, the period Inc. analyzed.

“It’s agreat honor to be included in the Inc. 5000 ranking and a tribute toour 2,200 employees nationwide who have worked so hard to make ATD aneffective partner to the thousands of locally owned tire dealers we areproud to call our customers,” said Bill Berry, ATD’s CEO. “We succeed when our dealerssucceed, and that’s why we’re working harder than ever to ensure ATDhas the products and programs our customers need.”

ATD currently supplies roughly 10% of all replacement tires sold in the United States.

With acquisitions, new leadership and construction, it’s been a busy 12 months for ATD.

Last December, ATD completed a $75 million purchase of Am-Pac Tire Distribution, which added important new markets such as western Texas and St. Louis to its footprint. In April, ATD named Berry, who came to the company with the purchase of ITCO Tire Co. in 1998, as its new CEO. On top of that, a headquarters expansion that will grow ATD’s office by 25,000 square feet is nearly complete.

Ascot Supply Corporation, based in Newnan, Georgia, has selected Mark Paquette for the newly created position of vice president. In this position, Ascot Supply said Paquette will oversee the growth of the company's products, corporate profitability, manage marketing and advertising and assume many other responsibilities.

He will work under the direction of current President David Kessler and officially begin his new role on June 3. Paquette joined the tire and automotive industry in the early 1980s at his father's tire shop, and his contributions to Mohawk Rubber Sales were instrumental in the company's growth and eventual sale to Myers Tire Supply in 2021, according to Ascot Supply. Paquette eventually was given a promotion to the role of director of operations at Myers Tire Supply.