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Kristina Howes will be responsible for driving the marketing strategy for the company.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reported sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 of $1.7 billion, up 2.6% from the same quarter a year ago. The company reported that organic sales were down 1%. Profit was $310.7 million, compared to $80.3 million the previous year’s quarter.

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.1%. The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures, federal government spending, state and […]

WESCO International Inc. (NYSE: WCC), Pittsburgh, reported sales for 2019 of $8.4 billion, up 2.2% from 2018. Profit rose from $223.4 million to $223.4 million. For the fourth quarter, sales were $2.1 billion, a year-over-year increase of 4%. Profit was $53.1 million, compared to $58.1 million a year ago.

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), Chicago, reported 2019 sales of $11.5 billion, up 2.5% compared to 2018, and profit of $849 billion, up 8% compared with a year ago. The distributor’s fourth-quarter sales rose 3% to $2.8 billion, and profit was $103 million. “In 2019, we grew sales, operating earnings and EPS despite challenging and uncertain economic conditions. […]

For a second year in a row during AIM/R’s annual conference, Supply House Times sat down with a group of PHCP manufacturers representatives to get a pulse on the current landscape when it comes to the rep business.

One thing common to all members of ASA is we love this industry and we want to stay in this game for as long as we can.

Once upon a time, when a manufacturers rep was foolish enough to hire me and teach me enough to be dangerous, I suggested to my boss that he would be very smart if he allowed me to do a seminar for contractors about steam heating.

Calendar-year distributors: What’s your planning routine for 2020?

Let’s all agree that a company can sit in a low-cost business overhead situation and survive while creating little to no organic business.

For much of its 130-year history, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has collected data and published reports on occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities.

Zurn Industries announces its acquisition of the assets of Just Manufacturing, a manufacturer of stainless-steel designer and engineered sinks, commercial faucets and accessories.