February 28, 2008 - Modern Distribution Management

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February 28, 2008

IDG Sales Down 2% to $537M in 2007

Industrial Distribution Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA, which has just agreed to be purchased by Platinum Equity, reported sales for 2007 were $537.5 million, compared with $547.9 million in 2006. Profit was $4.1 million, compared with $6.8 million last year.

Despite challenging conditions in key markets, including auto manufacturing, manufactured housing and the RV industry, I'm obviously not satisfied with this level of sales growth. I believe there are opportunities to improve the growth rate, as a result of our new organizational structure, our IT systems and process improvements we've made over the past couple of years," CEO Charlie Lingenfelter said in a conference call with analysts.
 

Revenues in the fourth quarter were $135.5 million, up from $131.6 ...

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IDG Sees Synergies with Other Platinum Equity Companies

Industrial Distribution Group, Atlanta, GA, which agreed to be purchased by private equity group Platinum Equity, commented briefly on the coming transaction in a conference call with analysts:
 
Platinum Equity already owns two distribution service-oriented companies -Strategic Distribution Inc. and Ryerson Inc. -that are involved in similar or related businesses to Industrial Distribution Group. We believe there are natural fits and potential synergies within Platinum Equity, and we look forward to discussing those with Platinum Equity and the management teams of their individual businesses," CEO Charlie Lingenfelter said today.
 
Ryerson was acquired by Platinum in October 2007. Its CEO and CFO have since left the company. Ryerson is a $5.9 billion distributor and ...

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