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Highline Warren

Highline Warren

Highline Warren

Verified Sep 2026

Chemicals, Fluids & Lubricants

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United States flag

Memphis, Tennessee

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Since 2020

Highline Warren is a vertically integrated distributor and manufacturer of automotive aftermarket maintenance consumables, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. It distributes more than 30,000 products and 400-plus national brands to over 10,000 customers, and blends and fills over 200 million gallons of automotive fluids a year across 21 North American facilities. A Pritzker Private Capital portfolio company since 2020.

Highline Warren

Verified Sep 2026

AT A GLANCE

Founded

2020

Headquarters

United States flag

Memphis, Tennessee

Employees

1,700+

Ownership

PE-owned

Highline Warren at a glance

Employees

1,700+

Company-published

Founded

2020

Warren Distribution 1922 · lineage to 1920s

Headquarters

Memphis, Tennessee

Ownership

PE-owned

Pritzker Private Capital · since 2020

Import activity

1,299

US import shipments on record

Known customers

Mid-States · Rain-X

Company press · award

Industries

Automotive

Consumer Goods

Sourcing and import activity

From US customs bill-of-lading records, October 2018 to August 2026

US sea imports

1,299

Named foreign suppliers

10+

Top origins

China · Germany · South Korea · Taiwan

Most recent shipment

Aug 19, 2026

Chart of the supplier's US import shipment volume trend over time

Shared foreign counterparties do not establish that these companies buy from Highline Warren.

What this tells a buyer

The import mix is finished, branded aftermarket consumables (oil and air filters, motor oil, tire tools, grease guns) rather than raw components, the buy-side profile of a distributor that blends its own fluids domestically rather than a parts manufacturer.

Import lanes are led by China, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, with Liqui Moly (Germany) and Zhejiang Universe Filter (China) the two largest suppliers on record at roughly 290 shipments each.

Shipment cadence has been steady across the 2018 to 2026 record at about 9.5 TEU per month, with the most recent shipment logged August 19, 2026, consistent with a distributor replenishing year-round.

Source: US customs bill-of-lading records and public filings · Last verified Sep 27, 2026

STABILITY SIGNALS

Established & active

Predecessor lineage to the 1920s; formed in 2020 by combining Highline Aftermarket and Warren Distribution, and a Pritzker Private Capital portfolio company since.

Actively importing branded aftermarket consumables as of August 2026, with a steady multi-year import cadence.

Named Mid-States Automotive Supplier of the Year in September 2026, serving 10,000-plus customers from 21 North American facilities.

What Highline Warren makes

Highline Warren is a vertically integrated distributor and manufacturer of automotive aftermarket maintenance consumables, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The company gives customers access to more than 30,000 products and over 400 national brands, and serves more than 10,000 customers across North America. Its distribution network reaches 95 percent of the U.S. population within two days at a company-stated 98.5 percent fill rate, and it ships roughly 1.9 million units of product every day.

On the manufacturing side, Highline Warren blends and fills automotive fluids at scale: motor oils and lubricants, windshield washer fluid, diesel exhaust fluid, and RV antifreeze. The company produces more than 200 million gallons of automotive fluids annually against a stated 450-million-gallon capacity, runs 25 blow-molding operations for its own bottles, and offers contract manufacturing and custom packaging to partners. It describes itself as the number one manufacturer of windshield washer fluid in the United States, and it is the exclusive U.S.-based blender and filler of Rain-X brand washer fluid under license. That combination of distribution and integrated fluid manufacturing is the company's stated point of difference: it owns much of the value chain from blending and bottling through to delivery to retailers, quick-lube operators, and installers.

Owned and licensed brands

Highline Warren sells national brands alongside a portfolio of owned and licensed brands. Prime Guard, a full-line automotive maintenance range spanning oil, antifreeze, wipers, and bulbs, is described as the company's fastest-growing owned brand. Other owned and licensed names include MAG 1 motor oils and lubricants, BlueDevil stop-leak and performance chemicals, Superior Automotive accessories (in the market since 1957), Sprayway glass and surface cleaners, PJ1 powersports specialty chemicals, LubriMatic, and the TruFlate and Amflo air-tool and accessory lines. Private-label and OEM-replacement programs round out the offering, supported by generations of blending and packaging experience carried over from the company's predecessor businesses.

Ownership and history

Highline Warren was established in 2020 through the combination of two long-standing aftermarket companies, Highline Aftermarket and Warren Distribution, under private-equity owner Pritzker Private Capital, which completed the acquisitions in November 2020. The lineage runs much deeper than the 2020 formation date. Warren Distribution was founded in 1922 and had become one of the largest private-label blenders and independent manufacturers of motor oil, lubricants, and automotive chemicals in North America, known for the MAG 1 brand. Highline Aftermarket itself was assembled through 2010s consolidation, including the simultaneous 2016 acquisition of the DYK and AAHC distribution groups, and predecessor businesses such as Levin's Auto Supply trace back to the 1920s.

The company remains a Pritzker Private Capital portfolio business and has stated a goal of growing to a 3 billion dollar business by 2028 through brand strength, acquisitions, and network expansion. Day-to-day leadership, per the company's own materials: Darcy Curran is chief executive officer, a role he has held since joining predecessor Highline Aftermarket in 2016 and continuing through the 2020 combination; Brad Moreschi is president and chief operating officer, named to that role in January 2025 after joining as chief financial officer in 2021; and Rebecca Fox is general counsel and chief compliance officer, previously general counsel of Warren Distribution.

Footprint and scale

Highline Warren operates 21 distribution and manufacturing facilities across North America, reported as 13 distribution centers and 9 manufacturing sites, with roughly 1.4 million square feet of manufacturing plant space. It employs more than 1,700 people. In July 2026 the company announced a planned acquisition of a 1.1-million-square-foot distribution and operations facility in McDonough, Georgia, to strengthen its East Coast logistics reach, a step toward the two-day national delivery standard it markets. The scale of the network, paired with in-house blending and bottling, is what lets the company run the fill rates and daily shipment volumes it publishes.

Known customers

Highline Warren serves more than 10,000 customers and describes itself as a strategic manufacturing partner to top North American retailers, but it does not name most of them individually, which is normal for a distributor serving retail, quick-lube, and installer channels. Two relationships are on the public record.

Customer

Evidence

Confidence

As of

Mid-States

Named Highline Warren its Automotive Supplier of the Year; Mid-States is a farm, ranch, and home retail cooperative representing nearly 800 locations

Documented

Sep 2026

Rain-X (ITW)

Highline Warren is the exclusive U.S.-based blender and filler of Rain-X windshield washer fluid, per the company's manufacturing page

Documented

2026

The Rain-X relationship is a licensing and manufacturing partnership rather than a downstream sale, but it documents a named brand owner that relies on Highline Warren's fluid production.

Sourcing evidence

Highline Warren's US import record reads the way a distributor's should. Public bill-of-lading records show 1,299 sea shipments from October 2018 through August 2026, averaging about 9.5 TEU per month, with the most recent shipment logged on August 19, 2026. The declared goods are finished and branded aftermarket consumables, not raw components: oil and air filters, motor oil and additives, tire-repair tools and inflators, and lubrication hand tools. That inbound mix is consistent with a company that buys finished product to distribute and blends its own fluids domestically, rather than importing parts to manufacture.

Supplier

Country

Shipments

Typical goods

Zhejiang Universe Filter

China

296

Oil, air, and cabin filters

Liqui Moly

Germany

291

Motor oil, additives, grease

Ningbo Sinppa Technology

China

113

Tire tools, inflators, gauges

Koair Industrial

South Korea

58

Spin and cartridge oil filters

DHC Specialty

Taiwan

58

Spring helpers, bolts, shackles

Flowtech Filter

Vietnam

53

Oil filters

Shuoxing Metal Products

China

51

Grease guns, lubrication tools

Seven shown of the top import relationships. Origin countries are led by China, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. ImportYeti estimates cumulative ocean-shipping spend at roughly 7 million dollars across the record, with cost data covering about 81 percent of shipments, an order-of-magnitude figure rather than an audited one.

Coverage caveats: these are US ocean-freight records only. Air, truck, and rail movements do not appear; some records name freight intermediaries rather than manufacturers; and product categories come from declared manifest codes, which are noisy. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence.

Frequently asked questions

What does Highline Warren make?

Highline Warren is a vertically integrated distributor and manufacturer of automotive aftermarket maintenance consumables. It distributes more than 30,000 products and 400-plus national brands, and it blends and fills automotive fluids including motor oil, windshield washer fluid, diesel exhaust fluid, and RV antifreeze, producing more than 200 million gallons annually. It says it is the largest U.S. manufacturer of windshield washer fluid.

Who owns Highline Warren?

Highline Warren is a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital, which formed it in 2020 by acquiring and combining Highline Aftermarket and Warren Distribution. The acquisitions were completed in November 2020, and the company remains Pritzker-owned as of 2026.

Where is Highline Warren headquartered?

Highline Warren is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. It operates 21 distribution and manufacturing facilities across North America and reaches 95 percent of the U.S. population within two days.

How big is Highline Warren?

Highline Warren employs more than 1,700 people and runs 21 facilities with about 1.4 million square feet of manufacturing space. It ships roughly 1.9 million product units per day, produces over 200 million gallons of fluids annually, and has stated a goal of reaching 3 billion dollars in revenue by 2028.

Who are Highline Warren's customers?

Highline Warren serves more than 10,000 customers across retail, quick-lube, and installer channels and describes itself as a manufacturing partner to top North American retailers. Most are unnamed, but the company was named Mid-States Automotive Supplier of the Year in 2026, and it is the exclusive U.S. blender and filler of Rain-X washer fluid.

What brands does Highline Warren own?

Highline Warren's owned and licensed brands include Prime Guard, MAG 1, BlueDevil, Superior Automotive, Sprayway, PJ1, LubriMatic, TruFlate, and Amflo. Prime Guard is described as its fastest-growing owned brand, and Sprayway was acquired in January 2026.

Last verified September 27, 2026. Is this your company? Request a correction.

Latest news

Sep 2026

Highline Warren was named Mid-States Automotive Supplier of the Year, an award from one of North America's largest farm, ranch, and home retail cooperatives (company announcement).

Jul 2026

The company announced a planned acquisition of a 1.1 million-square-foot distribution and operations facility in McDonough, Georgia, to strengthen its East Coast logistics footprint (company announcement).

Jan 2026

Highline Warren acquired the Sprayway glass and surface-care brand from PLZ Corp, adding the No. 2 US glass-cleaner brand by unit share to its owned portfolio (company announcement).

Refreshed weekly · updated Sep 27, 2026

Leadership

Darcy Curran

Chief Executive Officer

Brad Moreschi

President and Chief Operating Officer

Rebecca Fox

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Location & contact

Memphis, TN (HQ)Headquarters · TN, United States
Dyersburg, TNDistribution & manufacturing · United States
McDonough, GADistribution (planned) · GA, United States
Memphis, TN (HQ)Memphis, TN, United StatesCorporate headquarters, distribution

Inside the facility

Photo of the supplier's manufacturing facility, plant, or products

Automotive-fluid filling line, Highline Warren manufacturing

Photo of the supplier's manufacturing facility, plant, or products

Distribution center operations, Highline Warren

Photos: highlinewarren.com

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