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85+ Years of Remanufacturing Experience

“Keep in mind all our work is for the future. Let us spare not, nor look back, but go forward unlimited with all our powers.”
– Fred Jones, Founder

Key Moments in Our History

1938

Fred Jones Manufacturing Company began with four men reconditioning engines and component parts in a 400-square-foot corner of Jones’s Oklahoma City automobile dealership.

Building of an old ATC plant (Fred Jones) in Oklahoma City

1947

Fred Jones opens new plant in Oklahoma City to rebuild Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products.

1956

Fred Jones Manufacturing passes 100,000 remanufactured engines.

duramax engine remanufactured by ATC reman

1986

Fred Jones surpasses ONE MILLION remanufactured engines.

1997

Fred Jones Manufacturing Company purchased its U.K. facility and the remanufacturing section of Fred Jones Manufacturing was renamed Autocraft Industries.

1998

Autocraft Industries was purchased by Aftermarket Technology Company (ATC)

2008

Company renamed ATC Drivetrain, Inc when Aaron’s Automotive and Autocraft Industries (including Autocraft Industries UK) names were folded into the ATC family.

2019

ATC acquired ATP Automotive Transmission Remanufacturing Specialists Limited, ATP Electronic Developments Limited and ATP Holdings USA, LLC.

ATC Drivetrain acquired Powertrain Company one of the the #1 sellers of remanufactured powertrain components in the USA.

ATC launched a joint venture with Luwote (Zhangjiagang) Power Remanufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. (“Luwote”) in Zhangjiagang, China.

2021

ATC Drivetrain acquired HL Smith Transmissions, the UK’s leading heavy commercial drivetrain remanufacturer.

An old ATC Drivetrain building after acquiring HL Smith Transmission
Another old ATC Drivetrain plant with a large white building

2022

ATC Drivetrain acquired Treharne Automotive Engineering

and
Global Battery Solutions.

2023

ATC Drivetrain acquired Mack GmbH, a leading remanufacturing company in Europe, based in Waldenburg, Germany.

An aerial view of the ATC Drivetrain location in Waldenburg, Germany

and
ATC Drivetrain establishes manufacturing operations in Knoxville, Tennessee.

An aerial view of the ATC Drivetrain location in Knoxville, Tennessee.
ATC location in Holland, Michigan

2024

ATC expands its presence in Holland, Michigan with new EV battery and shipping/ fulfillment facilities.

and
ATC Brasil LTDA is established
, providing remanufactured Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) for commercial trucks. 

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