Online vehicle auction company copart, inc. acquires diamond auto bids and disposals

Dallas--(business wire)--copart, inc. (nasdaq: cprt), a leading online salvage vehicle auction company today announced it has acquired diamond auto bids and disposals, a privately-held automotive auction with locations in calgary and edmonton, alberta, canada. the acquisition provides copart its first locations in western canada to accommodate its expanding canadian customer base. 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 utilizing its patented vb2 technology. copart sells vehicles on behalf of insurance companies, banks, finance companies, fleet operators, dealers, car dealerships and others as well as cars sourced from the general public. the company currently operates 154 facilities in the united states, canada and the united kingdom. salvage vehicles are either damaged vehicles deemed a total loss for insurance or business purposes or are recovered stolen vehicles for which an insurance settlement with the vehicle owner has already been made. for more information, or to become a member, visit www.copart.com. cautionary note about forward-looking statements this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. these forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied by our statements and comments. for a more complete discussion of the risks that could affect our business, please review the “management's discussion and analysis” and the other risks identified in copart’s latest annual report on form 10-k, quarterly reports on form 10-q, and current reports on form 8-k, as filed with the securities and exchange commission. we encourage investors to review these disclosures carefully. we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time on our behalf.
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