Littelfuse Makes 2 Acquisitions
The industrial technology company struck deals to acquire Embed, Ltd. and C&K Switches.
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2022
Inline Electric Acquires Williams
Inline Electric Supply Co. Inc. said it has acquired Williams Electric Supply, converting it into a ‘100% employee-owned ESOP.’
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GPC Makes European Automotive Acquisition
Alliance Automotive Group, the company’s wholly-owned automotive distribution company based in London, acquired Lausan.
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Why Private Investment is Driving So Much of Distribution M&A, Pt. 1
Private equity and investment banks are arguably the biggest current driver of distribution M&A activity right now. Here, see the first of MDM’s recent conversations with executives at leading financial firms behind many of the deals you’ve been reading about.
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Ewing Acquires Hageman Earth Cycle
Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply says its acquisition of the Northern Colorado company will create a “new service model opportunity.”
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Fastenal 1Q Earnings Up 20.3%
The distributor says 2022 first-quarter net sales were $1,704.1 million, up about $287 million over the same period in 2021.
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Perspectives on Canadian Jan-San Distribution Channels
Tom Fournier, president of Shade’s Mills Group, a sales strategy consultancy based in Cambridge, Ontario, shares insights from a career managing sales channels in Canada and the U.S. with an international jan-san products manufacturer.
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Manage the Risk of Your Sales Model Now
The pandemic is a giant tipping point that has accelerated the rate of change. The cost of not adapting your current sales model could be a slow death.
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Endries Acquires Old Dominion Fasteners
The Brillion, Wisconsin-based company says it has reached a deal to acquire ‘certain assets’ Old Dominion Fasteners, Inc.
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Building Controls & Solutions Continues Trend by Acquiring Activelogix
The company’s March acquisition came weeks after BCS won a Distributor of the Year award from Honeywell.
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ISA Gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Karl M. Weiler
Weiler is the former president of Weiler Abrasives, a provider of abrasives, power brushes and maintenance products for surface conditioning.
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B&D Industrial Hires New VP
John Finnegan is expected to lead B&D’s emergent internet of things (IIoT) solutions after working more than 20 years at Rittal.
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Lowe’s Names New CFO
The home improvement company announced the appointment of Brandon Sink as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 30.
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Grainger Named One of 100 Best Companies to Work For
The company announced it was named one of Fortune’s ‘100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022.’
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‘Insane’ Shipping Costs and Timelines: Just How Bad is it Out There?
MDM chats with fastener distributor LINC Systems about issues plaguing the industry — importing, backlog and considerably higher costs — and what the company is doing to mitigate those impacts.
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What I’m Looking Forward to at ISA22
MDM Executive Editor Mike Hockett shares what he’s anticipating at the Industrial Supply Association’s ISA22 Convention, which runs April 11-13 in Houston. It’s ISA’s first in-person convention since 2019.
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TricorBraun to Acquire Packaging Company PBFY
The global packaging leader said it will acquire PBFY, one of the largest flexible packaging distributors in North America.
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Fortive Declares Quarterly Dividend
The company’s board of directors approved regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
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NSI Names 3 New Manufacturing Reps
The representatives are in the Mid-Atlantic region and are expected to ‘promote and support’ the NSI Industries stable of brands, the company said.
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Epicor Promotes Pope to President
Five-year company veteran Lisa Pope takes over leadership of the ERP solutions leader after serving as its Americas EVP.
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