Industrial Vending: ‘A Runway for Growth’ - Modern Distribution Management

Industrial Vending: ‘A Runway for Growth’

Distributors are helping to drive increased adoption of industrial vending in recent years. The Fastenal Company, Winona, MN, is largely credited with sparking the growth, but many of the largest distributors – and several smaller ones – have introduced their own vending solutions for customers. This article looks at the current state of industrial vending, drivers of growth and where industry experts and distributors expect vending to go. This article includes an estimated size of the vending market by number of machines.

This article is the first in MDM’s series on the industrial vending market.

This article includes:

  • A snapshot of the current vending market
  • Analysis of Fastenal's impact on the market
  • A look at the competitive landscape
  • The technology & the future of industrial vending

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  • Distributors Get Smarter About Vending
  • The Counterfeit Challenge
  • Private Label Carries Legal Risks

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Distributors are helping to drive increased adoption of industrial vending in recent years. The Fastenal Company, Winona, MN, is largely credited with sparking the growth, but many of the largest distributors – and several smaller ones – have introduced their own vending solutions for customers. This article looks at the current state of industrial vending, drivers of growth and where industry experts and distributors expect vending to go. This article includes an estimated size of the vending market by number of machines.

This article is the first in MDM’s series on the industrial vending market.

This article includes:

  • A snapshot of the current vending market
  • Analysis of Fastenal's impact on the market
  • A look at the competitive landscape
  • The technology & the future of industrial vending

Subscribers should log-in below to read this article.

Not a subscriber? Subscribe below or learn more. Subscribers also have access to the following related articles:

  • Distributors Get Smarter About Vending
  • The Counterfeit Challenge
  • Private Label Carries Legal Risks

Purchase the full MDM Special Report, The Industrial Vending Boom, in the MDM Store in PDF format.

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