Team Moblico

Industry veteran elevated to president of plumbing, PVF-U.S. divisions.

Clarence Martin, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at State Electric Supply, has died. Martin was hired at State Electric Supply in 1972 as the company’s comptroller, when the company only had 41 employees and two branches. With Martin’s guidance and leadership, State now has 44 branches across seven states, with nearly 800 […]

Industrial distributor MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (NYSE: MSM), Melville, New York, reported fiscal 2020 first quarter sales of $823.6 billion, a 1% decrease compared to fiscal 2019. Annual profit was $65.4 million, a 11.8% decrease compared with the first quarter last year. Ecommerce sales inched up barely in the quarter, which ended Nov. 30, but remained […]

Builders FirstSource Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDR), Dallas, has announced that CEO Chad Crow will retire this year after 20 years with the company. Crow will leave after assisting the company’s board of directors in hiring his replacement. He will also continue to work with Builders FirstSource in a consulting capacity for a period of time following the appointment […]

Fortive Corp. (NYSE: FTV), Everett, Washington, has announced that the name of the new global industrial company which is expected to separate from Fortive later this year will be Vontier Corporation. Vontier will focus on transportation and mobility markets and will be comprised initially of a portfolio of leading retail and commercial fueling, fleet management, and […]

S. A. Armstrong Limited announced that Todd Rief joined the organization as chief executive officer.

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), Chicago, has announced that David Rawlinson, senior vice president and president, Grainger Online Business, will be leaving the company effective February 1, 2020, to become the CEO of a newly formed public company. Rawlinson joined Grainger as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in 2012, and progressively expanded his experiences, taking on leadership of […]

WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of electrical, industrial, and communications MRO and OEM products, construction materials, advanced supply chain management and logistics services, and Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE), a leading global distributor of Network & Security Solutions, Electrical & Electronic Solutions, and Utility Power Solutions, today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously […]

Elkay was founded in Chicago in 1920 by Chairman of the Board of Directors Ron Katz’s grandfather, Leopold Katz, a carpenter by trade, and Ellef Robarth, a tinsmith. They met while working for Litterer Brothers Mfg. Co., a company that supplied sinks. Together they founded Elkay (a mashup of their two names), bringing together their […]

The world’s first hydrogen powered domestic boiler was put into operation in Rozenburg, the Netherlands in 2019, noted ECR International.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 145,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5%,according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Notable job gains occurred in retail trade and health care, while mining lost jobs. Manufacturing employment was down by 12,000. Employment in the industry changed little in 2019, growing by 46,000, after increasing in 2018 by 264,000. […]

ENPRESS is a manufacturer of composite pressure vessels and filtration systems for use in water treatment.

Motion Industries, Birmingham, Alabama, a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), has named Chris Pacer to vice president of the company’s newly formed Central Group. Pacer has more than 24 years of experience within the industry and has spent the last 22 years with Motion Industries, which were dedicated to various key roles throughout the organization. 

Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI), Atlanta, has named Neil M. Ashe as its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 31, 2020.  The Board of Directors also appointed Ashe as a member of the Board.  Ashe will take over the CEO position from Vernon J. Nagel, who will remain with the company in the newly created role of executive […]

ORS Nasco, a wholesaler of industrial and safety supplies, and MEDCO, a wholesale distributor of automotive aftermarket tools and collision repair products, have named Kevin Short as president and CEO. The two companies were acquired by One Equity Partners from Essendant in October 2019. Most recently, Short was president of Plaskolite, a global leader in plastic sheet manufacturing […]

Imperial Dade, Jersey City, New Jersey, a national distributor of disposable food service and janitorial supplies, has acquired American Paper & Plastics, City of Industry, California, a distributor of foodservice and janitorial products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition strengthens Imperial Dade’s California presence while enhancing the company’s differentiated value proposition to customers […]

Winsupply Inc., Dayton, Ohio, has acquired Rosen Supply, Tacoma, Washington, a plumbing and heating wholesale distributor in the western Washington State region. Details of the asset purchase were not disclosed. Rosen Supply has six locations serving the Greater Puget Sound region including five distributor branches, two of which have showrooms, and a standalone showroom. The three showrooms are […]