DALLAS, March 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Copart, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CPRT), a global online vehicle auction company, is proud
to announce the addition of its Okeechobee, Florida location. This facility is
strategically located between Orlando, Tampa and Miami, and it will serve as a standby location
specifically for catastrophic events. Over the past year, Copart
responded to catastrophic flooding in Baton Rouge and Houston, hailstorms in Colorado Springs and Dallas, and Hurricane Matthew, which affected
much of the East Coast.
"We have years of experience responding to catastrophes, and
time and again, we have helped our customers to minimize the impact
of each event. By far, the most challenging aspect of serving our
customers and the community during a catastrophe is satisfying the
need for more land to store the sometimes huge influx of volume,"
said Jay Adair, CEO of Copart. "With
this new location in Okeechobee,
we are better prepared than ever for the severe weather events that
could be on the horizon."
In addition to leveraging its extensive investment in property,
Copart achieves operational excellence during times of need with
its Catastrophe Response Team (CAT Team), a group of elite
employees who are ready and willing to respond to weather-related
catastrophes at a moment's notice.
"When Hurricane Matthew hit the East Coast last year, we
activated reserve land in two states and expanded existing
locations in three states virtually overnight," said Adair. "We are
pleased to increase our level of preparedness with this land in
Okeechobee."
This standby location in Okeechobee follows Copart's announcement, in
January, of opening its 13th Florida location. In 2017, Copart has also
opened locations in Casper,
Wyoming and Denver,
Colorado, along with the expansion of existing locations in
San Jose, Chicago, San
Diego, and Springfield,
Missouri.
As a proud community partner, Copart also offers law
enforcement, fire departments and similar government agencies a
safe training environment. Copart locations are also used by
agencies as a controlled environment to train K-9s to track
narcotics and explosive devices. Agencies are encouraged to contact
their local Copart location to learn more about conducting training
at Copart. In addition to supporting local agencies, Copart
supports numerous local, regional and national charities. To learn
more about Copart in your community and nationwide, please visit
TeamCopart.com.
Copart's patented VB3 technology links sellers to more than
750,000 Members across the globe through Copart's multi-channel
online platform. Members can participate in multiple online
auctions around the world simultaneously via mobile, tablet and
desktop. Similarly, Copart's Mobile App provides Members with an
easy way to stay connected with multiple live online auctions and
allows Members to place bids and view vehicles.
ABOUT COPART
Copart, founded in 1982, provides vehicle sellers with a full
range of remarketing services to process and sell salvage and clean
title vehicles to dealers, dismantlers, rebuilders, exporters and,
in some states, to end users. Copart remarkets the vehicles through
Internet sales using its VB3 technology. Copart sells vehicles on
behalf of insurance companies, banks, finance companies, fleet
operators, dealers, car dealerships and others as well as vehicles
sourced from the general public. The company currently operates in
the United States
(www.copart.com), Canada
(www.copart.ca), the United
Kingdom (www.copart.co.uk), Brazil (www.copart.com.br), Germany (www.copart.de), the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman (www.copartmea.com), Spain (www.copart.es), the Republic of Ireland (www.copart.ie), and
India (www.copart.in). Copart
links sellers to more than 750,000 Members in more than 150
countries worldwide through its multi-channel platform. In 2015,
Copart was ranked at the top of Deloitte's "The Exceptional 100"
list of companies, which reviewed U.S. publicly traded companies
based upon a multidimensional approach to measuring financial
performance. For more information, or to become a Member, visit
www.copart.com.
Contact:
Michelle Hoffman, VP of
Marketing, Copart
michelle.hoffman@copart.com | (972) 391-5082
Kaci Schack, Marketing Manager,
Copart
kaci.schack@copart.com | (972) 391-5218
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