The Company behind Blue Print is Automotive Distributors Ltd (ADL). Starting life as a part of Mazda Cars Ltd, the company has grown over the last 20 years to become a totally independent, multi million pound international business.

This success has been a result of the creation and development of the UK’s leading brand of quality replacement parts for Japanese and Korean vehicles – Blue Print.

The Blue Print strap line – Right First Time – encapsulates the ethos of the Company. The values of accuracy, integrity and innovation are prized above all others and guarding these principles has been the reason for the Company’s huge success in recent years.

With the latest ISO international quality standards and the “Investors in People” accreditation, ADL is a dynamic but stable operation that has consistently returned substantial year on year growth, even when industry trends have suggested a declining market overall.

 
     
 
 
 
May 1988
Management shareholders complete management buyout from MCL, supported by TMY Corporation and Lloyds Development Capital Ltd (LDCL)

 
December 1991
ADL wins inaugural Supplier of the Year award from the Automotive Distribution Federation (ADF), the UK trade association representing manufacturers, importers and independent wholesale distributors

 
May 1992
ADL relocates distribution centre and offices to Marden, Kent.

 
June 1993
The management & TMY purchase LDCL's shares

 
May 1994
The Blue Print brand is launched

 
December 1994
Awarded ISO9002 Part II Quality Standard

 
March 1995
Formal European distribution established

 
November 1995
Blue Print wins the Autotrade magazine Best Packaging of the Year award

 
August 1996
Electronic Catalogue Technical and Reference System (ECTARS) launched for customers. ECTARS went on to be a finalist in the Most Useful Product category at the 1997 Autotrade awards

 
January 1997
ADL celebrates its 10th Anniversary

 
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