May 2006

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL, had agreed to acquire aviation parts distributor Aviall, Inc., Dallas, TX, in an all cash merger for $48 per share or $1.7 billion. Boeing will also assume about $350 million of net debt as part of the transaction. Aviall’s 2005 revenue was $1.3 billion, with more than 25% growth expected […]

Industrial Distribution Group, Inc., Atlanta, reported its first quarter revenues for the period ended March 31, 2006, were $140.3 million compared with $137.9 million in the comparable quarter in 2005. Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2005 includes $2.3 million associated with the company’s Cardinal Machinery business unit which was sold during the

Cardinal Health, Inc., provider of products and services supporting the health care industry, announced plans to acquire the pharmaceutical wholesale distribution business from The F. Dohmen Co. and certain of its subsidiaries. The F. Dohmen Co. is a privately held family-owned health care services corporation, headquartered in Germantown, WI. With revenue of approximately $1.7 billion,

Airgas, Inc., Radnor, PA, reported its fiscal 2006 earnings were up 20% to $2.8 billion. For the full fiscal year 2006, net income was $124 million.In fiscal 2006, Airgas acquired 13 companies for a total of $128 million those companies had combined annual sales of $141 million.The company also reported fourth quarter sales were up