John Searcy started Interstate Battery System of America in Dallas in 1952 selling car batteries out of the back of a pickup truck. Today, the company sells batteries for a variety of products, including vehicles, camcorders, alarms and electronics through its Web site and nearly 200,000 dealers in the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic, [...]

Sam Meineke began with a single store in Houston in 1972. The company has since become a subsidiary of Part Industry Corp. and part of a British-owned, multifaceted group that supplies automotive and agricultural components and systems.The initial concept of providing quality exhaust service at discount prices has expanded to include complete brake service, oil [...]