With the dust settled on the merger of Lawson Products, TestEquity and GexPro Services to form Distribution Solutions Group, we explore the rationale for the transaction and path forward with a DSG board member who helped spearhead the combination.
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The former Lawson Products leader joins to discuss what he misses most about day-to-day CEO life (and what he doesn’t); the industry’s biggest changes; what he’s most proud of; and what he’s keeping an eye on.
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Lawson has acquired S&S Automotive, an auto and industrial parts supplier based near Chicago.
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Acquisitions drove nearly all of DSG’s growth in 2023, which marked its first full calendar year since forming in early 2022.
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Based outside of Chicago, ESS has annual sales of about $13 million.
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It combines the No. 34 and No. 38 companies on MDM’s 2022 Top Industrial Distributors List. Mike Hockett dives into the details.
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DSG will pay $269 million at closing for Hisco, which was No. 39 on MDM’s 2022 Top Industrial Distributors list.
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After Lawson Products transformed into DSG last year, the multi-faceted distributor has reported strong financials. Here’s why the company isn’t slowing down.
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Lawson Products changed its name to Distribution Solutions Group after merging with TestEquity Gexpro Services in April.
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Distribution Solutions Group had its inaugural earnings report following the April 1 merger of Lawson Products, TestEquity and Gexpro Services.
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It comes a month after a merger between Lawson, TestEquity and Gexpro Services and a week after Lawson reported strong 1Q earnings.
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The company reported 2022 1Q operating income was $12.1 million compared to operating income of $4.8 million in the prior-year quarter.
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It comes just after the company announced the closing of its merger with TestEquity and Gexpro Services and a May 1 CEO succession.
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The outlook for 2022 remains bright, but government efforts to restrain inflation, global instability and continued supply chain challenges seem to shift the variables almost daily.
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The MRO distributor says net sales increased to $102.1 million compared to $98.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2020.
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The MRO distributor recently said it reached merger agreements to combine the two LKCM Headwater companies in an all-stock deal.
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Lawson Products reported $105.6 million in sales for 2021 3Q and $315.7 million in sales for the first nine months of the year.
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For the first six months of 2021, sales at the Chicago-based MRO distributor Lawson Products improved 28.8%.
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Chicago-based industrial distributor has a straight-forward approach for fueling its growth through the remainder of 2021 and beyond.
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The Chicago-based MRO distributor Lawson Products also saw its average daily net sales grow 15.6% as the company began 2021 with a bang.
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