North American buying group AD, Wayne, PA, has established a new division, AD Canada Plumbing & Heating, through a merger with Canaplus Limited Partnership.
Canaplus is a Canadian buying group for independent Canadian wholesale distributors of plumbing and heating suppliesand related products.
The 23 current members of Canaplus will become the founding members of the new division and will operate more than 250 branches across Canada and have substantial market share.
This is AD’s seventh merger since the group’s founding in 1981 and it's third within Canada.