Scott Stolberg, president and CEO of AAEQ Manufacturers and Recyclers has announced that the company has changed its corporate name to A&A Midwest® effective January 1, 2012. The company's cores, recycling and auto wrecking divisions will utilize the new corporate name and be respectively known as A&A Midwest Cores, A&A Midwest Recycling and A&A Midwest Auto Wrecking. The company's two divisions for engine parts and transmission parts will continue as EngineQuest (EQ) and TransmissionQuest (TQ).

"My father and uncle started the company in 1949 as A&A Midwest, signifyingtheir two first names, Aaron and Alex, and Midwest identified their location in Chicago," explained Stolberg. "As the business grew and diversified, we changed our corporate name to AAEQ but kept A&A Midwest for our cores business. A lot of customers were confused by our different names and didn't know what to call us. We believe our new structure and corporate name is a better way to organize our business and returns us to our historic roots while identifying our five distinct divisions."

A&A Midwest is the company's corporate name and will utilize the website address www.aamidwest.com. The company's five distinct divisions and website addresses are:

Cores
A&A Midwest Cores
www.aamidwestcores.com

Recycling
A&A Midwest Recycling
www.aamidwestrecycling.com.

Auto Wrecking
A&A Midwest Auto Wrecking
www.aamidwestautowrecking.com

EngineQuest
EQ – EngineQuest
www.enginequest.com

TransmissionQuest
TQ – TransmissionQuest
www.transmissionquest.com

Stolberg says there is no change in the company's ownership or corporate structure and that A&A Midwest will unveil new marketing materials over the next month during the launch of its new branding initiative. A&A Midwest continues to be family owned and operated from its locations in Chicago and Las Vegas. The company also processes end of life vehicles at its auto recycling facility in Blue Island, Ill.

For more information about A&A Midwest, visit www.AAMidwest.com or phone (702) 649- 7776.