April 2013 Distribution M&A Roundup: DXP Enterprises, MSC, VWR, US LBM Holdings, WinWholesale & More - Modern Distribution Management

April 2013 Distribution M&A Roundup: DXP Enterprises, MSC, VWR, US LBM Holdings, WinWholesale & More

Another busy month for mergers & acquisitions in the wholesale distribution industry.
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Keep on top of the latest acquisitions on MDM’s M&A news page, which lists all news articles on acquisitions in distribution and manufacturing that MDM reports at mdm.com. This new monthly blog will provide a digest of M&A activity from the previous month.

The distribution M&A climate continued to heat up in April, with several deals from some of the largest regional and national distributors.

Canada was a big target, as DXP Enterprises expressed its plans to continue growing there after its recent acquisition of Alberta-based National Process Equipment.

MSC Industrial Supply completed its purchase of Barnes Distribution North America, also expanding its reach in Canada. Read more about the impact of the MSC-Barnes deal.

Some of the other big deals reported in April 2013:

Catch up with more deals in distribution and manufacturing at our M&A news page.

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