Building materials distributor ABC Supply Co. Inc., Beloit, Wisconsin, has opened another location in Texas, the company recently announced. The new location is at 146 Winston 8 Ranch Road in Lufkin, Texas. Carver James is managing the new location. He joined ABC Supply in 2017 as a warehouse associate at the Champaign, Illinois, location and […]
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Platinum Tools Names New Marketing Rep
Platinum Tools — a Huntersville, North Carolina-based provider of solutions for the preparation, installation, hand termination and testing of wire and cable — said Ontario, California-based Thomasson Marketing Group is its new representative for the Western U.S., effective immediately. TMG will handle Platinum Tools’ full line in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, […]
Ohio Transmission Acquires Critical Rental Solutions
Ohio Transmission Corporation, a Columbus-based industrial equipment service provider and distributor, acquired Critical Rental Solutions, a national provider of oil-free air and temperature control rental equipment. Critical Rental Solutions will operate under OTC’s Air Supply Group. The company has two sales and field service locations in Texas and has approximately 42 employees. Financial details of […]
SPX FLOW Acquired for $3.8B
SPX FLOW, Inc. (NYSE: FLOW), a provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets, says it has agreed to be acquired by Lone Star Funds in an all-cash deal valued at $3.8 billion. The agreement includes the assumption of debt, SPX FLOW said. The purchase price represents a premium of nearly 40% […]
Apex Pursuing Solar on Weyerhaeuser Land
Apex Clean Energy says it has reached an agreement with timberlands proprietor Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) to develop 1,000 megawatts of utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects on Weyerhaeuser property in the southeastern U.S. “This agreement with Apex is a great step in advancing Weyerhaeuser’s strategic growth in renewable energy development, and it supports our broader commitment […]
TriMas Acquires Omega Plastics and TFI
TriMas (NASDAQ: TRS), the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based manufacturer of engineered and applied products, announced Monday it has acquired Omega Plastics and TFI Aerospace. The companies will be added as TriMas Packaging and TriMas Aerospace, respectively. Financial details were not disclosed. Omega, located in Clinton Township, Michigan, specializes in manufacturing custom components and devices for drug […]
HARDI Revenue Up 16% in October
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), of Columbus, Ohio, released its monthly TRENDS report, showing the average sales performance by HARDI distributors was an increase of 16.1% during October. The average annual sales growth for the 12 months through October is 21%, HARDI said. “The unusual sales growth of 2021 continued with the first […]
L&W Supply Opens New Delaware Location
Chicago-based building materials and specialty products distributor L&W Supply opened a new location in New Castle, Delaware. The new location opening is the second in the past week. The company announced a new West Palm Beach, Florida, location Wednesday. The latest facility is located at 20 Corporate Circle in New Castle, Delaware. It offers building […]
Winsupply Acquires H2O Supply Locations
Dayton, Ohio-based distributor Winsupply Inc. acquired both locations of H2O Supply, a wholesale distributor operating in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Financial terms were not announced. Both locations will continue to do business as H2O Supply. “H2O is an exceptionally run wholesale distributor serving both the Dallas and Fort Worth markets. We are beyond excited […]
WESCO Joins ETIM
WESCO International Inc. (NYSE: WCC), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has joined ETIM North America. The global supply chain solutions and distribution company said Thursday it had joined the product classification standards organization, which is a non-profit chapter of ETIM International. The organization is responsible for the translation and adoption of the ETIM product classification model to “support […]
Sonepar Will Acquire Richards Electric
Electrical and industrial distributor Sonepar USA, a family-owned subsidiary of the privately held Sonepar Group in South Carolina, says it has reached a deal to acquire Cincinnati-based Richards Electric Supply Company. Financial details were not disclosed. Sonepar USA announced the acquisition plans Wednesday. The company said acquiring Richards Electric will add four branches and about […]
Graybar Names New District VP
Graybar, a St. Louis-based electrical, communications and data networking distributor, named Paul Hansen its district vice president for the company’s Seattle District. Hansen’s role begins Jan. 1, 2022. He joined Graybar in 1983 and currently serves as director of finance in the Seattle District, a position he has held since 2004. As district VP, Hansen […]
L&W Supply Opens New Florida Location
L&W Supply, a Chicago-based U.S. distributor of building materials and specialty products, has opened a new location in West Palm Beach, Florida. The new location, at 7555 Garden Road, offers building materials and delivery services for commercial and residential contractors, including wallboard, acoustical ceilings, joint treatment, insulation, metal framing and other supplies. L&W Supply now […]
Core & Main 3Q Sales Rise
St. Louis-based Core & Main, Inc. reported more than $1.4 billion in net sales for the fiscal third quarter of 2021, a 38.7% increase over the same period a year ago. The distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products also reported net income of $109.3 million, a 406% increase compared to fiscal […]
Imperial Dade Adds Paper & Twine Co.
Food service packaging and janitorial supply distributor Imperial Dade last week acquired American Paper & Twine, a Nashville-based distributor of janitorial, packaging, food service, safety and office products. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is the 44th acquisition for Imperial Dade under CEO Robert Tillis and President Jason Tillis. The acquisition of APT is […]
Brady IFS Acquires Janitor’s Warehouse
Brady IFS — a foodservice, janitorial and sanitation distributor with headquarters in Houston, Texas, and Bell, California – acquired Janitor’s Warehouse, Inc. Janitor’s Warehouse distributes janitorial and packaging products from locations in Houston and Austin, Texas. Rob Weschler was named the company’s president in 1994. “Rob and his team are a wonderful addition to BradyIFS,” […]
TestEquity Partners with Aim-TTi
TestEquity, a Southlake, Texas-based distributor of electronic test, measurement and production supplies, is now an official distribution partner for U.K.-based Aim-TTi’s testing and measurement products. TestEquity says the partnership will allow them to be an authorized distributor of Aim-TTi testing and measurement products throughout the North American market. “Across the industries we serve, our customers […]
Private Firm to Acquire Ziliant
B2B price optimization company Zilliant, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Chicago-based private equity investment firm Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. Financial terms were not disclosed. Zilliant, based in Austin, Texas, says it uses a data science-driven approach to “help customers address the most significant sources of margin and revenue leakage to effectively execute pricing […]
Southwire Acquires Topaz Lighting
Carrollton, Georgia-based Southwire Company, LLC has acquired Medford, New York-based Topaz Lighting Corporation, a provider of quality electrical fittings, components, and lighting products. Southwire says it will welcome employees from Topaz and plans to integrate their distribution network to enhance Southwire’s distribution footprint. Topaz’s existing product line will also be combined with Southwire’s Components Solutions […]
How People, Process, Experience and Trust Differentiate Distributors
When we think of differentiating ourselves, we often fall back on what kind of products/services we sell. But if we take a page out of Simon Sinek’s Start with Why, what we sell actually isn’t very differentiating, at least when it comes to loyalty. You may carry more products than your competitors, expanding your ability […]
