ADESA Impact Opens Total Loss Recovery Auction in N.J.

ADESA Corp., an ALLETE company, announced that its total loss recovery vehicle business, ADESA Impact, has opened an auction on North Main Street in Manville, N.J. The new total loss recovery auction is the 28th facility in the Impact chain.

Co-located with ADESA New Jersey, Impact New Jersey also represents the company’s seventh “shared” facility. Together, the two organizations provide state-of the art reconditioning facilities, indoor auction lanes and a more diversified buying audience than traditional salvage-only auctions.

ADESA Impact U.S. and Canada processed over 200,000 vehicles in 2002 and is a part of ALLETE Automotive Services, which includes ADESA Corp., a network of 53 wholesale auctions and six heavy-duty commercial vehicle auctions located across the United States, Canada and Mexico, Automotive Finance Corp., an independent dealer finance company, PAR North America, remarketing services, and ComSearch, a national claims audit and recycled parts locating company.

In addition, ALLETE Automotive Services operates Micro 21 dealer software and AutoVIN inspection services.