Auction Management Solutions (AMS) announced earlier this month that firm has partnered with KASP Auto Auction in Lexington, Ky., for business development consulting.

KASP owner Jim Williams his aligned with AMS, which was started by industry veterans Tom Stewart and Richard Curtis to provides consulting services for independent auto auctions, service providers and vendors. 

“We are very excited to be a part of the AMS group of auctions,” Williams said. “We are celebrating our 35th year in business and have spent a lot of time building a great base of dealer consignment business over the years, as well as some fleet /lease and repossession business including the AVIS RAC account, and feel that it is time now to start to expand into focusing on national consignors. 

“We feel that AMS can be a great help to achieve our goals,” Williams continued.

The focus of AMS is to provide strategic business development services with an emphasis on business processes and profitability that aid in the growth and success of client/partner businesses. Adding KASP Auto Auction brings the group to 15 total locations which also includes:

— Columbus Fair Auto Auction
— Greater Quad City Auto Auction
— Rochester Syracuse Auto Auction
— Greater Erie Auto Auction
— DAA Chattanooga
— DAA Murfreesboro
— DAA Memphis
— DAA Huntsville
— DAA Mobile
— Southeastern Auto Auction
— Dealers Auto Auction of Idaho
— 166 Auto Auction
— All Valley Dealers Auction
— Central Auto Auction

“We are very excited to be working with KASP,” Stewart said. “Jim and his sons have built a very strong auction in the Midwest, and consignors are looking for strong independent auctions to partner with.

 “One of our goals here at AMS is to focus on providing our customers with the best service we can, while working through a proven sales strategy to help them grow their business,” Stewart continued.

KASP was started back in 1982 and offers a live weekly sale every Wednesday morning across four auction lanes on more than 40 acres of land.  The operation currently offer 350 to 400 units weekly. 

KASP is a full-service auction with full reconditioning and light mechanical services as well as in-house transportation.

“Tom will be working closely with Kurt Armstrong, our national sales manager, on continuing to build relationship within the industry,” Williams said.

For more details, visit the auction’s website at www.kaspautoauction.com.