Insurance Auto Auctions announced its  expansion of auction locations in Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Pennsylvania and Oregon in order to meet and anticipate increasing customer demand. Its facilities which now occupy 173 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

The salvage vehicle auction company says its plans for growth within the seven states exhibits its commitment to providing additional space for everyday seller storage and maintaining reserve storage for potential inventory increases due to natural disasters and catastrophic events.

"Our increased land capacity enables us to proactively meet the growing inventory needs of our vehicle sellers," IAA chief executive officer and president John Kett said in a news release. "We continuously evaluate opportunities in strategic locations and add resources and capacity where our customers need it most. We're proud of our diverse and expanding presence, and we look forward to serving our customers in these important and active markets."

The expanded locations will also give IAA the ability to offer both live and online buyers an increased selection of vehicles, according to the company.

Buyers can preview vehicles either onsite at the individual auction locations or online through IAA's newly redesigned vehicle details page.

The IAA expansions announced include IAA-Fayetteville, Ark., IAA-Boise, Idaho, IAA-South Bend, In., IAA-Shreveport, La., IAA-Gorham, Maine, IAA-Bridgeport, Pa. and IAA Portland West, Ore. The following is a list of the expansions along with branch details for each location's live and live-online auctions:

• IAA-Boise, 3707 East Linden Street, Boise, Idaho — auctions held biweekly on Fridays at 9:30 A.M.

• IAA-Bridgeport, 396 E Schuylkill River Rd., Bridgeport, Pa. — auctions held every Thursday at 9:00 A.M.

• IAA-Fayetteville, 2801 E. Pridemore Dr, Lincoln, Ark. — auctions held biweekly on Thursdays at 9:00 A.M.

• IAA-Gorham, 9 Moody Drive, Gorham, Maine — auctions held every Monday at 10:30 A.M.

• IAA-Portland West, 10498 Vancouver Way, Portland, Ore. — auctions held every Tuesday at 9:00 A.M.

• IAA-South Bend, 25631 SR2, South Bend, Ind. — auctions held every Tuesday at 10:00 A.M.

• IAA-Shreveport, 4836 McGee Rd., Greenwood, La. — auctions held every Monday at 9:00 A.M.

Other strategic expansions and new locations IAA has scheduled for the year include Fredericksburg, Va., Kansas City, Kan.; Flint, Mich.; Ogden, Utah; and Spokane, Wash.

Additional details and information regarding each IAA branch location can be found at www.iaai.com/locations.