Reliable Tire Co. acquired a new distribution center in Macon, Ga., purchasing an existing facility from Delphos, Ohio-based K&M Tire.
"Reliable Tire has decided to expand its presence in the region to support the many dealers who have been loyal customers to them over the years," the Blackwood, N.J.-based company said. "Macon fits within the strategy to grow our expanded service model in the Georgia market."
All the K&M Tire employees in Macon have been retained, Reliable said.
The two companies have done business before, with K&M Tire buying a pair of Texas warehouses Houston and Dallas from Reliable Tire last September.
Reliable CEO Richie Betz said, “There has been a tremendous change in the delivery and service model in the tire business. Companies like Reliable need to focus on markets in which it can best implement and use the multiple times a day delivery model. We have chosen to focus our attention on our core Northeast and East coast regions.”
Reliable Tire currently operates warehouses in Blackwood, N.J.; East Syracuse, and Albany, N.Y.; East Hartford, Conn.; Atlanta; and now Macon.