April 2006

MRO distributor Strategic Distribution, Inc., Bristol, PA,   reported revenues of $36.7 million for the fourth quarter 2005, up 15% from the same period the year before. Annual revenues for 2005 were up 12% to $136.9 million compared with $121.9 million in 2004.Strategic Distribution reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $366,000. That’s […]

Stock Building Supply, Raleigh, NC, a supplier of building materials to professionals in the United States, has acquired Home Lumber Company, in San Bernardino, CA, with $92.2 million in annual sales.  ‘Home Lumber is located in one of the most robust economies in the United States,’ says Fenton Hord, Stock president and CEO. ‘The company

Applied Industrial Technologies, Cleveland, OH, has acquired Minnesota Bearing Company, a $35 million distributor of bearings, power transmission and related specialty products headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Applied acquired all divisions of Minnesota Bearing, which include Iowa Bearing Company, Western Bearing & Supply Company, and Nebraska Bearing Company, as well as Air-Hydraulic Systems, Inc., a full-service provider

Carlson Holdings Inc., Omaha, NE, parent of distributor Carlton Systems, has acquired Mid-Atlantic Fasteners, a distribution company for the fastening and packaging industries.   Mid-Atlantic Fasteners was founded in 1948 and has 23 sales offices and distribution centers in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, with its corporate offices located in Jessup,

Airgas Inc., Radnor, PA, has acquired Byrne Specialty Gases, Inc., a Seattle, WA-based distributor of specialty gases, related equipment and cryogenic storage systems for the life sciences sectors in the Pacific Northwest. The acquired operations, including two facilities in Seattle and Vancouver, WA, employ 45 associates and generated more than $10 million in sales last