1A Auto News / Press
4/1/21
Largest aftermarket auto parts retailer 1A Auto comes to JAXPORT
1A Auto, the nation’s leading online-only aftermarket auto parts retailer, is now operating from its new Southeast U.S. distribution facility — with its first cargo already arriving at its warehouse near JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
Read more in the Florida Times-Union: 1A Auto opens new Southeast U.S. distribution facility in Jacksonville, Florida
3/20/21
1A Auto in Pepperell donates new car to Lowell veteran
PEPPERELL – Carl Morgan must have felt like he was on a game show. “Carl Morgan, come on down. You’re our next contestant. And the next prize up for grabs is … A NEW CAR!” And the price was right indeed. In fact, it’s the best price ever. Free.
12/22/20
Pepperell-based 1A Auto donates $1,000 to 5 nonprofits
Rick Green, CEO of 1A Auto, has announced that on behalf of the owners and employees at 1A Auto, several nonprofit agencies in communities where the Pepperell-based company has facilities have each received a check for $1,000.
9/23/20
1A Auto ranked 5th in Newsweek for Best Online Shops
Rick Green, CEO of 1A Auto, is proud to announce that the Pepperell-based auto-supply company has been ranked No. 5 in Newsweek’s Best Online Shops 2021. About 1,000 online shops, across 39 categories, were ranked by Newsweek for seamless ordering, clear, well-designed websites, and responsive customer service.
Read more in the Nashoba Valley Voice: 1A Auto ranked 5th in Newsweek for Best Online Shops
9/21/20
1A Auto keeps Nashoba Tech masked
1A Auto presents a box of about 125 cloth masks to Jeffrey Scheminger, vocational and technical director at Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford.
Read more in the Lowell Sun: 1A Auto keeps Nashoba Tech masked
4/15/20
1A Auto hits home run for Mass General Hospital and Red Sox Foundation
The 1A Auto team donated 50 IBM ThinkPads to Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Program. The laptops will be used at MGH's new mobile, temporary community health center during the COVID-19 public-health crisis.
Read more in the Lowell Sun: Pepperell’s 1A Auto hits home run for Mass. General, Red Sox Foundation
4/7/20
1A Auto donates necessary supplies to its local communities' first responders and health care workers
Team members of 1A Auto recently donated medical gear to first responders and health care workers to help increase their supply during this challenging time. 1A Auto's R&D Center is located in Pepperell, MA, and supplies were donated to first responders in nearby communities.
Read more in the Lowell Sun: Pepperell-based 1A Auto donates gear to local first-responders
Following those donations, 1A Auto Kansas team member Ryan Moyer delivered over 1,000 protective masks to Tabatha Hurley, office coordinator for Shawnee Mission Advent Health in Lenexa, KS. The hospital’s mask supply had been critically low. Moyer also donated 300 face masks and 2 boxes of gloves to Police Sgt. P. Simonich for officers in Kansas City, KS, and later donated supplies to the local Kansas Highway Patrol.
3/20/20
1A Auto transitions to providing customers essential supplies
In addition to auto parts, 1A Auto will begin to offer household items that consumers may need during these uncertain times. 1A Auto will also start to produce how-to videos specific to customers' current daily needs.
3/13/20
1A Auto's CEO Rick Green recently made a donation to fund the annual Pepperell, Mass. Memorial Day parade. $5,000 was donated to the Pepperell VFW Post 3291, which organizes the annual event.
Green,
whose father and grandfathers were all veterans, recalled times when his family
would drive his father’s Pontiac GTO convertible in the parade when he was
younger.
1A Auto saves Pepperell Memorial Day parade: Pepperell VFW Post 3291 accepts $5,000 check to fund annual event
2/9/20
1A Auto recently launched a video on how to avoid spreading the flu in a car. After suffering from the flu himself, Rick Green, CEO of 1A Auto, decided to put his company’s efforts into helping the public, which is what the company does with its DIY videos.
11/12/19
Members of the 1A Auto Parts team visited Nashoba Valley Technical High School’s annual Open House on Nov. 3 to teach kids and their parents how to check their oil and offer other basic car and road safety tips.
1A Auto teams up with Nashoba Tech students
10/29/19
1A Auto will run a how-to clinic behind the school during the open house so those attending the event can learn how to check their oil and other fluids, change tires and perform other basic auto maintenance.
Nashoba Tech Open House To Feature Clinic With 1A Auto
9/3/19
1A Auto in VFW Magazine
Auto Parts Dealer Gives Back to Vets – 1A Auto, based in Westford, MA launched a program in which cars are donated to veterans, their families or veteran organizations.
8/28/19
1A Auto expanding to Reno. Looking to fill 100 jobs
RENO, Nev. – A Massachusetts-based auto parts retailer will soon expand its services to Reno and plans to hire 100 or more employees by this fall.
Rick Green, CEO of 1A Auto, announced this week the company has signed a 5-year lease at a new 150,000-square-foot fulfillment facility on Moya Boulevard in Reno in order to better serve customers on the West Coast.
7/17/19
1A Auto's Thomas McCabe on Healthy Hub Episode 13 by BostonHeraldRadio
1A Auto Recreational Therapist/Personal Trainer, Thomas McCabe talks about his role within the company and the importance of personal health with Boston Herald reporter and Healthy Hub Podcast host Rick Sobey
6/11/19
1A Auto explores partnership with Nashoba Valley Tech
" 1A Auto, donated a Chevrolet Equinox to the Travis Mills Foundation in rural Rome, Maine. The car will transport veterans and their families from the airport to the retreat, a key need for the nonprofit." [Continue reading]
5/30/19
1A Auto explores partnership with Nashoba Valley Tech
"1A Auto visited Nashoba Valley Technical High School and toured several of the school’s technical programs." [Continue reading]
5/28/19
1A Auto donates $150G to NMRHS' new turf
"Westford-based 1A Auto recently donated $150,000 to North Middlesex Regional High School new synthetic field turf." [Continue reading]
5/17/19
Nashoba Tech, 1A revamp vehicle for veterans
"Nashoba Valley Technical High School students are driven to give. This month, the Automotive Technology Department is partnering with 1A Auto to tune up and donate a used vehicle for veterans." [Continue reading]
3/25/19
NASCAR Driver Spencer Boyd makes official visit to 1A Auto
"1A Auto employees were excited for the chance to meet NASCAR driver Spencer Boyd when he recently visited the company’s R&D center. The R&D center is where the online auto parts retailer develops and tests..." [Continue reading]
3/22/19
1A Auto hosts Gateway Students for tire changes and smiles
"The 1A Auto team hosted The North Middlesex Regional School District’s Gateway Program at its R&D Center in Pepperell, MA. Students toured 1A Auto’s R&D Center..." [Continue reading]
