SPENCER, Iowa – Dennis Spooner, managing partner of the Arnold Group of Companies, recently announced that Bruce Thomsen has been named the store manager for the company’s Auto Value Parts Store – Southside in Omaha, Neb.
Thomsen has been part of the Arnold Group team for 11 years and brings a wealth of experience to his new job. He started his career in the automotive aftermarket in 1977 and has held a variety of positions in the industry, including management at the warehouse and store levels. He has been a salesman at the Southside location for the past 11 years.
Arnold Motor Supply started in Spencer, Iowa in 1927 by E.P. Arnold and is one of the largest partnerships in the United States with stores in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri. The Arnold Group includes 38 Arnold Motor Supply stores and 11 Auto Value Parts Stores, as well as two warehouses, an Auto Refinish division, a lightindustrial coating distributor and a cylinder head remanufacturing division. Twenty-one store locations have complete machine shops located within the stores.
