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GMS’ 1Q Sales Improve 30%

GMS’ 1Q Sales Improve 30%

On Thursday, GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS), Tucker, Georgia, reported first-quarter sales of $1 billion, which marked a 29.8% increase over the same quarter a year ago. The company’s net income was $61.2 million, or $1.39 per share, compared to $27.2 million, or $0.63 per share, last year. Adjusted EBITDA of $128.1 million increased 54.2% in […]

ASA’s monthly sales report shows upward trend beginning to level off

Respondents to ASA’s monthly sales report registered a 15.4% change in average sales for July 2021 vs. July 2020. July 2021 vs. June 2021, respondents reported a median sales decrease of -5.7%.

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Instrument Associates

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Instrument Associates

Industrial distributor Motion & Control Enterprises, a Zelienople, Pennsylvania-based portfolio company of the private equity firm Frontenac Co., on Wednesday announced it has acquired Instrument Associates Inc. (IA), Alsip, Illinois. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. IA is a full-service, stocking distributor of products and solutions for instrumentation (including fittings, valves and tubing), steam […]

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Instrument Associates

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Instrument Associates

Industrial distributor Motion & Control Enterprises, a Zelienople, Pennsylvania-based portfolio company of the private equity firm Frontenac Co., on Wednesday announced it has acquired Instrument Associates Inc. (IA), Alsip, Illinois. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. IA is a full-service, stocking distributor of products and solutions for instrumentation (including fittings, valves and tubing), steam […]

In an E-Commerce World, Content is King

In an E-Commerce World, Content is King

During the salad years of the dot.com bubble, an oft repeated phrase was “content is king,” before the bubble popped. That phrase has taken on new meaning as distributors work to populate their burgeoning e-commerce sites with advanced product content for ease of use and increased sales. At the recent AD eCommerce Summit in Maryland, […]

US LBM Acquires Mid-Cape Home Centers

US LBM Acquires Mid-Cape Home Centers

Building materials distributor US LBM, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, on Wednesday announced it has acquired Mid-Cape Home Centers, a South Dennis, Massachusetts-based building products and home improvement company with six locations in the southern coastal region of Massachusetts. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Mid-Cape Home Centers traces its roots back to 1895. Today it […]

ISM: Manufacturing Sector Grows Slightly in August

ISM: Manufacturing Sector Grows Slightly in August

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector continued to grow in August as the overall economy grew for the 15th consecutive month, according to the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. The August Manufacturing PMI registered 59.9%, which was an increase of 0.4 percentage point from the July reading of 59.5%. “The New […]

SKF Acquires Lubrication Filtration Business

SKF Acquires Lubrication Filtration Business

Swedish bearings manufacturer SKF has acquired EFOLEX AB, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based manufacturer of the Europafilter-branded industrial lubrication and oil filtration systems. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. EFOLEX offers offline filtration systems used in process manufacturing and energy industries. It currently has approximately 10 employees. “In addition to being an interesting stand-alone product, the […]

DSG Acquires Montana Waterworks & Irrigation

DSG Acquires Montana Waterworks & Irrigation

Dakota Supply Group on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Montana Waterworks & Irrigation, Billings, Montana, in an asset purchase effective Sept. 1. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Montana Waterworks is a waterworks distributor serving Eastern Montana from its Billings location. This will be DSG’s first waterworks location in the state. The current owner, […]

L&W Supply Appoints 12 Branch Managers to its Managing Partner Program

L&W Supply Appoints 12 Branch Managers to its Managing Partner Program

L&W Supply Corp., Chicago, recently announced the induction of 12 branch managers into its Managing Partner Program. The program is highest level of achievement for the company’s branch managers and places them in positions of leadership at L&W Supply. To be picked as a managing partner, the branch managers “have met rigorous standards in the […]

L&W Supply Appoints 12 Branch Managers to its Managing Partner Program

L&W Supply Appoints 12 Branch Managers to its Managing Partner Program

L&W Supply Corp., Chicago, recently announced the induction of 12 branch managers into its Managing Partner Program. The program is highest level of achievement for the company’s branch managers and places them in positions of leadership at L&W Supply. To be picked as a managing partner, the branch managers “have met rigorous standards in the […]

enVerid Systems HEPA Air Purifier Added to Trane Wellsphere Indoor Air Quality Solutions Portfolio

enVerid’s ceiling-mounted HEPA air filtration units will be available from Trane, starting immediately across the United States and Canada.

SKF Acquires Analytics Firm

SKF Acquires Analytics Firm

Swedish bearings manufacturer SKF has completed the acquisition of Rubico Consulting AB, an industrial consultancy firm with 10 employees based in Luleå, Sweden. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Rubico Consulting AB specializes in “visualization and analysis of signal data,” and the company’s “expertise will be integrated into SKF’s offer around the rotating shaft, […]