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AZEK Sees 4Q Rebound

AZEK Sees 4Q Rebound

Chicago-based AZEK Company Inc., a manufacturer of low-maintenance and environmentally sustainable outdoor living products, announced fiscal 2021 fourth-quarter net sales of $346.1 million, a 31.1% increase over the same period in 2020. “The AZEK Company delivered another impressive quarter and year – our first full year as a public company – with record growth in […]

NSI Acquires Duro Dyne

NSI Acquires Duro Dyne

Huntersville, North Carolina-based provider of electrical product solutions NSI Industries, LLC acquired Duro Dyne Corp., a Bay Shore, New York-based sheet metal manufacturer for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. NSI said the acquisition adds the HVAC market to the company’s distribution model with a company that already has […]

Worthington Industries Requests EPA Repeal Ban On Non-Refillable Cylinders

Worthington Industries, Inc. announced that it has filed a petition for partial administrative reconsideration with the EPA regarding the ban on non-refillable cylinders.

New Practices in a Pandemic Recruiting Battle

New Practices in a Pandemic Recruiting Battle

There is a war on top talent, and distributors need to arm themselves with a different set of tools to be successful, according to John Salvadore, managing partner at Global Recruiters Network-Coastal (GRN Coastal), a search firm specializing in distribution and manufacturing. “In the past, it was always the company looking at the candidate and […]

FleetPride Acquires Jim’s Truck & Trailer

FleetPride Acquires Jim’s Truck & Trailer

Irving, Texas-based FleetPride Inc. acquired the assets of Jim’s Truck & Trailer Equipment, which provides heavy-duty parts and services to customers in north Texas and southwest Oklahoma. Financial details were not disclosed. Jim’s Truck & Trailer Equipment is based in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was founded in 1971. The company, owned by Jim Martin, offers […]

Ace Has ‘Record’ 3Q

Ace Has ‘Record’ 3Q

Oak Brook, Illinois-based Ace Hardware Corporation reported “record” third-quarter revenues of $2 billion, an increase of $28.1 million, or 1.4%, from the third quarter of 2020. Ace’s net income for 2021 3Q was $99.3 million, an increase of about $600,000 over the third quarter of 2020. U.S. retail same-store-sales reported by the approximately 3,400 Ace […]

Bunzl Acquires 2 U.K. Companies

Bunzl Acquires 2 U.K. Companies

International distribution and services group Bunzl plc acquired two companies based in the U.K. Bunzl acquired Workwear Express, based in Durham, U.K., a leading business in personalized workwear and promotional clothing with a strong e-commerce focus. Workwear Express serves a “broad range of customers” and in the year to March 2021 generated £29 million of […]

ABC: 78% of Contractors Using New Tech

ABC: 78% of Contractors Using New Tech

Roughly 78% of Associated Builders and Contractors members have implemented new technology in the past two years, with software platforms for project management and accounting as the prime focus of implementation teams, according to ABC’s first-ever construction technology report. ABC released the report Thursday as part of its mission to study innovative technology and tools […]

Sentinel Capital Acquires Empire Auto

Sentinel Capital Acquires Empire Auto

New York-based Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in midmarket companies, acquired Empire Auto Parts, a Totowa, New Jersey-based specialty distributor of aftermarket collision parts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Empire operates five distribution hubs and 22 satellite delivery locations in 16 contiguous eastern U.S. states. The company has […]

MSC Partners With University

MSC Partners With University

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM) on Wednesday announced a new a public-private research partnership aimed at advancing machining. MSC’s metalworking specialists will work closely with undergraduate and graduate students and manufacturers to conduct research that will enable and drive innovation in smart manufacturing,” the company said. The Machine […]

8 Third-Quarter Economic Indicators Impacting Distribution

8 Third-Quarter Economic Indicators Impacting Distribution

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