It’s not all doom and gloom in the industrial distribution world. According to the Nashville Business Journal, some companies are still finding opportunity. A new startup industrial distributor Alliance Distribution Partners LLC picked Gallatin, TN, to be its headquarters and will begin employing people immediately. (Full article can be read here.)

Though small – the company will employ 15 people initially, with expansion plans already in place to increase the workforce to 50 over the next two years – the move is a sign that there may still be opportunity for smaller distributors in certain markets. Of course, it’s yet to be seen whether the company …