June 2011

  View the latest Kaman news Headquarters: Windsor, CT 2010 Revenues: $831 million Change in Sales from 2009: 28.88% Employees: 4269 (total for Kaman Corp.) Locations: 200 (distribution facilities) 2010 Acquisitions: Minarik Corp.; Allied Bearings Supply Co.; Fawick de Mexico Key Executives: President Steven Smidler Kaman, a national distributor of power transmission and motion control […]

      View the latest Industrial news Headquarters: Houston, TX 2010 Revenues: $656 million Change in Sales from 2009: 12.51% 2010 Acquisitions: D&F Distributors; Quadna Employees: 1772 Locations: 176 Key Executives: President & CEO David Little DXP is comprised of its Innovative Pumping Solutions (IPS), Precision Supply Chain Services, and MROP Service Centers (maintenance,

      Headquarters: Cleveland, OH 2010 Revenues: $496 million Change in Sales from 2009: 25.57% Employees: 1,034 Locations: 154 Number of New Locations (not as a result of acquisition): 5 Key Executives: CEO Carl James; CFO Dan Maisonville; COO and USA President John Ruth BDI is in the following sectors: Industrial, Power Transmission/Bearing, Fluid

      View the latest Industrial news Headquarters: Montreal, Quebec 2010 Revenues: $303.2 million Change in Sales from 2009: 7.9% Locations: 60+ branches, 11 service & repair centers Employees: 820 Kinecor was created in 2001 with the amalgamation of National Bearings Inc., Spencer Industries, Spencer Teris Ltd. (also known as Industrial Chrome in Prince

      View the latest Industrial news Headquarters: Mississauga, Ontario 2010 Revenues: $171 million Change in Sales from 2009: 10.32% Employees: 290 Locations: 33 Key Executives: President & CEO Farrukh Khalili; COO Farhang Manucherian; CFO Roland Bissoon Canadian Bearings Ltd. is a Canadian industrial distributor; integrated supply accounts for 15 percent of the power

  View the latest Grainger news Headquarters: Chicago, IL 2010 Power Transmission Product Revenues: $122 million Employees: 18,500 Locations: 607 branches, 20 regional warehouses, 24 DCs Key Executives: President & CEO James Ryan; Grainger International President Court Carruthers; Grainger U.S. President Michael Pulick; CFO Ronald Jadin; SVP Global Supply Chain D G Macpherson; SVP HR

  View the latest Industrial news Headquarters: Merriam, KS 2010 Revenues: $118 million Change in Sales from 2009: 1.55% Employees: 334 Locations: 41 Number of New Locations: 1 Key Executives: President & CEO Stephen R. Cloud; Treasurer/CFO Wayne Shields; Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Operations Mark Byrne;Vice President of Supply Chain Rex Davis; Director

      Headquarters: Dallas, TX 2010 Revenues: N/A Locations: 53 Key Executives: Owner Bob Purvis 2010 Acquisitions: BMG of Texas Purvis Industries is a large regional independent bearing, power transmission, electrical control, fluid power and belting services distributor with 53 locations and more than 360 team members in 8 states and Canada. Headquartered in

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&nbsp       View the latest Electrical news Headquarters: Orlando, FL2010 Revenues: N/AEmployees: 1,800Locations: 370 CES is a full-line electrical supply house with operations in 26 states. The distributor works hard to educate its customers on new initiatives, including green standards with \”the Green House.\” No. 1: Sonepar Return to Full List of Top

Download the Top 40 Industrial Distributors List Sign up below to receive your FREE PDF and weekly distribution news update, by email. Return to the main Market Leaders page. Methodology View 2010 rankings Sonepar WESCO Distribution Rexel Holdings USA (Rexel/Gexpro) Graybar Anixter International Inc. CED HD Supply Border States Electric Grainger Crescent Electric Supply Company

        View the latest Sonepar news Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA (U.S.) 2010 Revenues: $5.2 billion Change in Sales from 2009: 13% Employees: NA Locations: 582 Key Executives: CEO North America David Gabriel; CFO North America Kathy Rusko Sonepar, a France-based global distributor, like most distributors, experienced declines in 2009>; 2010 was a completely

    Headquarters: Pittsburgh, PA2010 Revenues: $4.93 billionChange in Sales from 2009: 9.0%Employees: 6,800Locations: 407Key Executives: President & CEO John Engel; CFO Richard Heyse; COO Steve Van Oss In 2010, WESCO expanded its international presence, accelerated LEAN initiatives and completed two acquisitions. In its annual report, the distributor reported improving conditions across end markets, higher

      View the latest Rexel news Headquarters: Dallas, TX2010 Revenues: $4.8 billionChange in Sales from 2009: 2.2%Employees: 7,300Locations: 530Key Executives: CEO Jean-Charles Pauze; CFO Michel Favre; Senior Vice President & Business Development & Corporate Operations Pascal Martin; President & CEO Rexel Holdings USA Chris Hartmann; Senior Vice President & CEO Gexpro Mitch Williams;

      View the latest Graybar news Headquarters: St. Louis, MO2010 Revenues: $4.6 billionChange in Sales from 2009: 4.5%Employees: 7,000Locations: 2402010 Acquisitions: Avad Industrial Sales, Inc. (Graybar Canada)Number of New Locations: 2Key Executives: President & CEO Robert Reynolds Jr.; Executive Vice President & COO Kathleen Mazzarella; Senior Vice President & CFO D. Beatty D’Alessandro;

    View the latest Anixter news Headquarters: Glenview, IL2010 Revenues: $3.88 billionChange in Sales from 2009: 8.4%Employees: 7,989 (global)Locations: 1792010 Acquisitions: Clark Security Products & General Lock, San Diego, CAKey Executives: President & CEO Robert J. Eck; Executive Vice President, Finance & CFO Dennis J Letham; Vice President Global Finance Ted A. Dosch There’s

        View the latest Electrical news Headquarters: Irving, TX2010 Revenues: N/AChange in Sales from 2009: N/ALocations: 570Key Executives: President H Dean Bursch Privately held CED does not divulge its annual revenues, but continues to be one of the largest players in electrical distribution in the U.S. Recently, CED moved its headquarters from

        View the latest HD Supply news Headquarters: Atlanta, GA2010 Revenues: $1.4 billionChange in Sales from 2009: 0.6%Employees: 15,500Locations: 765Key Executives: CEO Joe DeAngelo; SVP and SBD and Integration Vidya Chauhan;SVP and CFO Ronald Domanico; SVP and CIO Michele Markham; SVP and General Counsel Ricardo Nunez; SVP and HR & Marketing and

      View the latest Electrical news Headquarters: Fargo, NDRevenues: $1.02 billion (for fiscal year ended March 31, 2011)Locations: 58Employees: 1,300Key Executives: CEO Tammy Miller; President Gary Miller After 10 years of being active in the Mexico market, Border States sold its Juarez, Mexico, branch in 2010 to ABSA del Norte, S.A. de C.V.

  View the latest Industrial news Headquarters: Tulsa, OK 2010 Revenues: $110 million Employees: 268 (as of May 2011) Locations: 10 Key Executives: Bill Scheller President and CEO; Parker Strickland CFO; Bryan Collins EVP Operations; Heather Riggs Director of Supplier Development; Cheryl Lawson Duncan Industrial Division; Carl Norris Rogers Industrial Division; Tom Berger Fuchs Machinery