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Anixter International Inc., Glenview, IL, distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire &cable and a distributor of fasteners and other small parts to Original Equipment Manufacturers, reported sales of $1.47 billion in the first quarter 2008, up 11%. Sales included $12.3 million from acquisitions.
 
Profit in the quarter was up 8% to $57.7 million, from $53.6 million the prior-year period.
 
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Anixter International Inc., Glenview, IL, distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire & cable and a distributor of fasteners and other small parts has acquired Eurofast SAS, Collegien, France, from Lisi SA for $27 million.

Eurofast is an aerospace fastener distributor in the aerospace and defense industries. For 2007, Eurofast is expected to generate sales of $22 million.

Commenting on the acquisition, Bob Grubbs, President and CEO of Anixter, said, This acquisition is another step in the geographic expansion of our OEM Supply business through the addition of important customers primarily within France in an end market where we have little penetration today within Europe.”

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Anixter International Inc., Glenview, IL, distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire & cable and a distributor of fasteners and other small parts, reported sales of $1.33 billion in the first quarter 2007, up 24% from the same period last year. Profit was up 71% to $53.6 million.
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Sales for the quarter include $33.6 million from the acquisitions of IMS Inc. in May 2006 and MFU Holdings S.p.A. in October 2006.
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Sales in the first quarter grew at a year-over-year organic rate of 19%.
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Anixter reported seeing strong larger project business, especially in data center builds in the enterprise cabling market and energy/natural resources customers within the electrical wire and cable market. Anixter …

Anixter International Inc., Glenview, IL, distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire & cable and fasteners, reported sales of $4.94 billion in the year ended Dec. 29, 2006, up from $3.85 billion last year. Profit was $209.3 million in 2006.

Sales in 2006 were boosted by the acquisition of Infast in July 2005, IMS in May 2006 and MFU in October 2006.

Sales in the fourth quarter were $1.3 billion, including $23.5 million from acquisitions. Sales were up 27% from the same period a year ago. Profit increased 160% to $52.4 million. Organic growth was 22% in the fourth quarter.

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Anixter reported it saw strong large-project business, related to data center builds in the enterprise cabling market and energy and natural …