Purpose for content:

  1. Make customers aware that AC Brake exist.
  2. Explain why Republic purchasing AC was a positive thing for both companies.
  3. Discuss how many AC employees stayed with RD.
  4. Anything else you would like to be mentioned about AC.

Republic Diesel acquired the assets of A-C Brake Co. in April 2008 when the owners were looking to implement their succession plan.  The acqusition

A-C Brake has built a reputation for being able to serve its customers and now has additional distribution thru Republic Diesel’s Louisville Lexington, Prestonsburg, Kentucky and Fairfield, Ohio branches. We are proud to offer a Special Order Service (SOS) where we will locate hard to find parts. We employ ASE certified mechanics. They are so competent that these mechanics are often called upon to repair vehicles that our competitors could not. Our average employee has 10 years of service.

308 E. College St. in 1966

Our primary target for a customer base has changed somewhat over the past thirty years. No longer just an automotive parts house, we consider ourselves to be a heavy-duty fleet and industrial specialist. Our customers are fleets, municipalities, contractors, mines, and industry; however, we will never be able to get away from our originating product of brake parts and service for automobiles, truck, and industrial applications.