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October 2, 2007

WinWholesale Continues Expansion

Companies, Electrical, Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors /

WinWholesale Inc., Dayton, OH, has opened two branches in Nebraska. It opened Husker Winlectric in Omaha, NE, to serve contractors in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area and surrounding counties with electrical products. It is the fourth electrical wholesale location WinWholesale has opened this year.
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WinWholesale has also opened Lincoln Winwater Works Company in Lincoln, NE, to serve utilities, municipalities and contractors in eastern Nebraska.
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WinWholesale subsidiary Noland Company, Newport News, VA, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning distributor, has opened a branch in Cleveland, TN, to serve HVAC contractors in a six-county area in the southeastern part of the state.
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The new branch includes a warehouse, display area and …

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Private Equity Firm Buys Conney Safety

Finance, Free, Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Safety Products, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors /

Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC, a New-York-based private equity firm, has acquired Conney Safety Products, LLC, Madison, WI, a full service national distributor of personal protective equipment, safety equipment, first aid supplies, and various other safety products, from K+K America Corporation.
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The transaction has a value of $48 million.
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The company’s strong track record positions it to leverage its excellence by expanding into new markets, offering new products, and reaching out to new customers,” added Thomas Ritchie, vice president at Caxton-Iseman Capital. “The industrial products distribution space remains highly fragmented, and we believe that our support will enable Conney to be an active participant in current and future consolidation through add-on …

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Can’t We All Just Collaborate?

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The more you dig into technology issues in distribution, the less it seems to be about bits and bytes, and the more it is about process. That was reinforced two weeks ago at an industry e-business conference in Vancouver, sponsored by IDEA, the official standards-creating body for the electrical industry.

A panel session at the conference addressed the difficulties with getting an industry to adopt standards and collaborate more. The fact is there is no right answer for all the different niche vertical sectors across distribution. This is and will remain a highly fragmented industry. That’s why certain software providers do well in certain sectors with their feature sets, while others do well elsewhere. Even more …

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