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Founders Roy Lord and Ed Coates, the “Lord” and “co” in Lordco Auto Parts, opened the door to their first auto parts location in 1974, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia (BC), Canada, and quickly established a reputation within the community for selling reputable auto parts and for offering exceptional customer service. As their reputation grew within the industry, so did the number of Lordco locations throughout the province.

In 1980, Ed bought Roy’s stake in the business and expanded its presence in BC. Sadly, Ed passed away in 2014. To honour his legacy, Ed’s wife, Marlyn, and children, Samantha, Ian, Sarah, and Candace, founded the Ed Coates Memorial Foundation. His family continues to grow the business according to Ed"s values and principles as members of Lordco Auto Part"s Executive Leadership Team.

From our humble 900-square-foot beginning, we have grown to become Canada’s biggest privately held automotive parts distributor and Western Canada’s biggest distributor and retailer of aftermarket parts and accessories, with over 80 store locations – including nine truck centres, seven centralized distribution centres, more than 2,000 employees, a 500-vehicle strong delivery fleet, and over 360,000 part numbers in our system.

Some of our consultants have 20+ years of experience in the auto industry, including at the plant general manager level. Our typical consulting missions with automotive parts manufacturers in China include some of the following elements.

Joint research conducted on `China Automobile Development Strategy" with the State Planning Commission (now the National Development and Reform Commission)

ATSUMITEC AUTO PARTS (FOSHAN) CO., LTD (China) dba AFS celebrated its 10th Anniversary on November 21, 2017. A “10th anniversary Celebration” was held on the 24th of the November with members of management, plus associates with 8+ years of service, in attendance. The celebration included a video screening that looked back over the 10-year history, a dinner party, and key speakers. The history of AFS’s first 10-years was not without its challenges. However through the cooperative efforts by associates, support members, and both Japanese and Chinese Management member, success has been consistently achieved in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Morale. AFS, with the strong support of its headquarters will continue to work hard as one team to respond to continuing changes in the automotive industry, and become a company that will leap into its future for its 20th and 30th years and beyond.