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Individual Foodservice & Brady Industries Acquire Two Distributors

Individual Foodservice & Brady Industries Acquire Two Distributors

BradyIFS — the company that composes recently merged janitorial supply, equipment and foodservice distributors Brady Industries, Las Vegas, and Individual Foodservice, Bell, California — on Friday announced the acquisition of Fishman Supply Co., Petaluma, California, and Armstrong Paper Group, Santa Rosa, California. Financial terms of the deals weren’t disclosed. Fishman and Armstrong are distributors of […]

Individual Foodservice & Brady Industries Acquire Two Distributors

Individual Foodservice & Brady Industries Acquire Two Distributors

BradyIFS — the company that composes recently merged janitorial supply, equipment and foodservice distributors Brady Industries, Las Vegas, and Individual Foodservice, Bell, California — on Friday announced the acquisition of Fishman Supply Co., Petaluma, California, and Armstrong Paper Group, Santa Rosa, California. Financial terms of the deals weren’t disclosed. Fishman and Armstrong are distributors of […]

US LBM Acquires Texas-Based Oldham Lumber

US LBM Acquires Texas-Based Oldham Lumber

Building materials distributor US LBM, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, on Friday announced it has acquired Oldham Lumber Co., a supplier that serves professional builders in North Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Founded in 1921, Oldham Lumber provides lumber, plywood, engineered wood and framing materials to residential builders and […]

Manufacturing Associations Urge Biden Administration Action On Supply Chain Challenges

A coalition of four major manufacturing associations are urging immediate action by the Biden administration to address supply chain challenges outlined in a newly released white paper.

Heritage Pool Supply Group Acquires Quality Pool Supply

Heritage Pool Supply Group Acquires Quality Pool Supply

Heritage Pool Supply Group, a McKinney, Texas-based platform company of landscape distributor Heritage Landscape Supply Group Inc. (itself a subsidiary of SRS Distribution), on Friday announced it has acquired Quality Pool Supply Co., a Clio, Michigan-based wholesale distributor of pool and spa products in the Midwest. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded […]

ISM: Manufacturing Sector Ticks Up in September

ISM: Manufacturing Sector Ticks Up in September

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector continued to grow in September as the overall economy grew for the 16th consecutive month after a contraction in April of last year, according to the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. The September Manufacturing PMI registered 61.1%%,  an increase of 1.2 percentage points from the […]

Graybar Canada Acquires Electro-mag

Graybar Canada Acquires Electro-mag

Electrical, communications and data networking products distributor Graybar Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Electro-mag Inc., including the JAD brand. Financial terms of the deal weren’t released. Headquartered in Sherbrooke, QC., with locations in Drummondville, Quebec, Montreal, and London (ON), Electro-mag provides services and solutions via pneumatic, safety, […]

September M&A Roundup: Another Big Month for Deals

September M&A Roundup: Another Big Month for Deals

The final month of the third quarter proved to be a favorable one for M&A in distribution with nearly 30 deals reported in MDM. September saw a range of transaction sizes from mom-and-pops trading hands up to Distribution International’s private equity backer Advent International selling the distributor to TopBuild Corp. for $1 billion. Other notable […]

Olympic Steel Snags Shaw Stainless & Alloy

Olympic Steel Snags Shaw Stainless & Alloy

Cleveland-based Olympic Steel Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS), announced Friday that it has acquired the assets of Shaw Stainless & Alloy. Olympic Steel said the all-cash purchase was immediately accretive. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Shaw, based in Powder Springs, Georgia, is a full-line distributor of stainless steel sheet, pipe, tube, bar and angles. Shaw […]

Olympic Steel Snags Shaw Stainless & Alloy

Olympic Steel Snags Shaw Stainless & Alloy

Cleveland-based Olympic Steel Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS), announced Friday that it has acquired the assets of Shaw Stainless & Alloy. Olympic Steel said the all-cash purchase was immediately accretive. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Shaw, based in Powder Springs, Georgia, is a full-line distributor of stainless steel sheet, pipe, tube, bar and angles. Shaw […]

Imperial Dade Acquires Mailender

Imperial Dade Acquires Mailender

Imperial Dade, which is based in Jersey City, New Jersey and is a national distributor of disposable food service and janitorial supplies, announced on Friday that it has acquired Cincninnati-based Mailender. Financial terms of the private transaction weren’t available. Mailender is a distributor of janitorial supplies and janitorial packaging that’s led by Ken Mailender and […]