Standard Motor Products

Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Company typePublic
NYSESMP
S&P 600 component
IndustryAutomobile
Founded1919 (1919)
FounderElias Fife,
Ralph Van Allen
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Eric P. Sills (Director, CEO & President)
  • Lawrence I. Sills (Executive Chairman of the Board)
  • Nathan Iles (Chief Financial Officer)[1]
Revenue$969 million (2013)
Number of employees
3,500
Websitesmpcorp.com

Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE: SMP) is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive parts in the automotive aftermarket industry. The company was founded in 1919 as a partnership by Elias Fife and Ralph Van Allen and incorporated by Fife in 1926. It is headquartered in Long Island City, New York, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. sells its products to warehouse distributors and auto parts retail chains around the world, under its own brand names such as Standard, BWD Automotive, Blue Streak Automotive, Blue Streak Wire, TechSmart, Intermotor, Factory Air, and Four Seasons, as well as under private labels for key customers.

  1. ^ "Standard Motor Products, Inc. Appoints Nathan Iles as Chief Financial Officer". PR Newswire. 16 September 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2020.