North American buying group AD, Wayne, PA, reported sales for all AD members, across all seven AD divisions and three countries, grew by 6.3 percent year-to-date in 2016 to $26.1 billion.

By country, AD U.S. was flat; AD Canada was up 6 percent and AD Mexico grew 25 percent. By industry, electrical was flat; plumbing, PVF & HVAC was flat; industrial and power transmission was down 5 percent; and building materials was up 16 percent.

Across all divisions and countries, member purchases from AD suppliers grew 7 percent and net distributions to AD members grew 12 percent.